Dimuon production in 800-GeV proton-nucleus collisions

Journal Article · Mon Dec 11 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.2637· OSTI ID:7265823

Brown, C N; Cooper, W E; Finley, D; Hsiung, Y B; Jonckheere, A M; Jostlein, H; Kaplan, D M; Lederman, L M; Moreno, G ^[1]; Hemmi, Y; Imai, K; Miyake, K; Nakamura, T; Sasao, N; Tamura, N; Yoshida, T ^[2]; Maki, A; Sakai, Y ^[3]; Gray, R; Luk, K B ; Rutherford, J P; Straub, P B; Williams, R W; Young, K K ^[4]

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1. Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois 60510 (USA)
2. Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, (Japan)
3. National Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK), Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken 305, (Japan)
4. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (USA)

A measurement of continuum dimuon production in proton-copper collisions at 800-GeV incident energy is presented. The dimuons observed in this experiment cover the mass range from 6.5 to 18 GeV near {ital y}=0 in the proton-nucleon center-of-momentum frame. Scaling forms of the cross section for the continuum are compared with the results of other experiments in the context of the parton model and quantum chromodynamics. The present limitations of such scaling comparisons are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 7265823
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 63:24; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
COPPER
CORRECTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DATA
DRELL MODEL
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY RANGE
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HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INFORMATION
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LOSSES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
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MONTE CARLO METHOD
MULTIPLE SCATTERING
MUONS
NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PAIR PRODUCTION
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE KINEMATICS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTON MODEL
PROTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS
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