Interactions of 10. 5 GeV/c pions with neon nuclei. [Cross sections]

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7361302

Yeager, Jr, W M

The interactions of 10.5-GeV/c pions with neon nuclei were studied and compared with ..pi..p interactions. The average number of charged pions from neon interactions is 3.45 +- .03; of nucleons, 4.45 +- .13. The charged pion multiplicity distribution for neon is presented. The momentum distribution of protons up to 5 GeV/c is extracted from the neon data. Inclusive distributions for pions of transverse momentum, longitudinal momentum, production angle, and rapidity were determined. The rapidity distributions for neon are similar to those for hydrogen in the forward hemisphere, but there are more pions from neon in the backward hemisphere. Neutral strange particle multiplicities for neon are the same as for hydrogen. The ..pi pi.. and ..pi..p resonances were searched for, but none were detected in neon interactions. A comprehensive picture of neon interactions emerges when information from the inclusive distributions of all particles is combined.

• Research Organization: Duke Univ., Durham, N.C. (USA). Dept. of Physics
• OSTI ID: 7361302
• Report Number(s): TID-27081
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
GEV RANGE
GEV RANGE 10-100
HADRON REACTIONS
HADRONS
INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
LINEAR MOMENTUM
MESON REACTIONS
MESONS
MULTIPLE PRODUCTION
NEON
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PARTICLE RAPIDITY
PION MINUS REACTIONS
PION PLUS REACTIONS
PION REACTIONS
PIONS
PIONS MINUS
PIONS NEUTRAL
PIONS PLUS
PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS
RARE GASES
STRANGE PARTICLES
TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM