Multiparticle production in pi- p collisions at 100 GeV

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1970

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/897200· OSTI ID:897200

Anderson, H. L.

The authors propose an experiment to examine in some detail the multiple production of pions in {pi}-p collisions at 100 GeV. In the experiment they identify and measure the proton recoiling from the collision and then measure the multiplicity and the momentum distribution of the accompanying mesonic shower. They propose to measure: (1) the elastic {pi}p cross-section over a wide range of momentum transfer 0.1 {le} -t {le} 15 GeV{sup 2} or until the cross-section d{sigma}/dt drops below 10{sup -33} cm{sup 2}/GeV{sup 2}/c{sup 2}; (2) using proton recoil measurements above, the mesonic missing mass cross-sections over a wide range of possible mass and momentum transfer; (3) the multiplicity and momentum distribution of the charged and neutral particles in the mesonic shower over a wide range of mass and momentum transfer, they should be able to identify completely a large class of such events; (4) reactions of the type {pi} + p {yields} (2n+1) {pi} + p have a particular interest, imasmuch as such combinations of an odd number of pions might represent Regge recurrences of the pion which could be produced by a coherent diffraction process with substantial cross-section at 100 GeV.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 897200
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PROPOSAL-0068
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CROSS SECTIONS
DIFFRACTION
DISTRIBUTION
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MISSING MASS
MOMENTUM TRANSFER
MULTIPLE PRODUCTION
MULTIPLICITY
NEUTRAL PARTICLES
PIONS
PRODUCTION
PROTONS