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Production of massive muon pairs by 300- and 400-GeV protons

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
Muon pairs with effective masses in the range 7< or =M/sub ..mu..//sub ..mu../< or =11 GeV/c/sup 2/ have been produced by 300- and 400-GeV protons incident on a Cu target at Fermilab. The production cross section per nucleon, dsigma/dM/sub ..mu..//sub ..mu../, for 400-GeV incident protons is found to fall from 1 x 10/sup -36/ cm/sup 2//(GeV/c/sup 2/) at M/sub ..mu..//sub ..mu../=7.7 GeV/c/sup 2/ to 2.7 x 10/sup -38/ cm/sup 2//(GeV/c/sup 2/) at M/sub ..mu..//sub ..mu../=11.2 GeV/c/sup 2/. A significant fraction of the observed direct single muons come from high-mass dimuons. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
OSTI ID:
7342374
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 37:22; ISSN PRLTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English