Forward production of charged pions with incident pi(+/-) on nuclear targets measured at the CERN PS

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Measurements of the double-differential π± production cross-section in the range of momentum 0.5 GeV / c ≤ p ≤ 8.0 GeV / c and angle 0.025   rad ≤ θ ≤ 0.25   rad in interactions of charged pions on beryllium, carbon, aluminium, copper, tin, tantalum and lead are presented. These data represent the first experimental campaign to systematically measure forward pion hadroproduction. The data were taken with the large acceptance HARP detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN PS. Incident particles...

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Authors: Apollonio, M; Artamonov, A; Bagulya, A; Barr, G; Blondel, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
• Volume: 821
• Issue: 1-4
• Pages: 118-192
• Publication date: 2009-04-15
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2009.01.080
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• Language: English
• Keywords: Al(pi(+), pi(+/-)), (pi(-), pi(+/-)), E at 12.9 GeV/c; measured sigma (E, theta), pion production yields. Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations; Be(pi(+), pi(+/-)), (pi(-), pi(+/-)), E at 8.9 GeV/c; NUCLEAR REACTIONS Be,C,Al,Cu,Sn,Ta,Pb(pi(+), pi(+/-)), (pi(-), pi(+/-)), E at 3, 5, 8, 12 GeV/c