Measurements of the proton-proton total cross section have been made with increased precision (±0.6%) over the ISR energy range s =23.5−62.7 GeV . Two different experimental methods gave consistent results, showing that the total cross section increases 10% over the ISR range and in addition that the absolute value of the ISR luminosity can be measured to ±0.9%.
CROSS SECTIONS ARE A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THOSE OBTAINED BY THE PISA-STONY BROOK METHOD AND BY THE CERN-ROME (OPTICAL THEOREM) METHOD.
Using an 880 events per microbarn sample of K − p interactions at 4.2 GeV/ c the production and decay properties of the δ (970) have been investigated in the following reactions: K − p → Σ + (1385) ηπ − and K − p ar Σ + (1385)K 0 K − .
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Data on 6.2 GeV/ c π − p and K − p elastic scattering cross sections are presented in the range 0.3 < − t < 10.7 (GeV/ c ) 2 .
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The production and decay of the quasi-two-body final states KΔ(1232) and K ∗ (892)N produced in K + d interactions below 1.5 GeV/ c have been studied in a bubble chamber experiment.
RESONANCE CROSS SECTIONS COMPUTED BY MULTIPLYING THE PRODUCTION PERCENTAGES GIVEN BY THE INTERFERENCE MODEL BY THE CHANNEL CROSS SECTIONS GIVEN IN G. GIACOMELLI ET AL., NP B37, 577 (1972).
DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS FROM DEUTERIUM DATA, NORMALIZED TO THE EXPERIMENTAL INTEGRATED CROSS SECTIONS QUOTED IN T 2.
LEGENDRE COEFFICIENTS FROM DEUTERIUM DATA.
Inclusive production of Λ and Λ in K + p interactions is studied at incident momenta of 8.2 and 16.0 GeV/ c . Cross sections and single-particle distributions are presented, the correlation between longitudinal and transverse momentum is investigated, and the dependence of average charge multiplicity on missing mass measured. For Λ production, early scaling is observed in the target fragmentation region when the data are presented in terms of ( M 2 - M th 2 )/ s and t , where M th is the threshold value of the missing mass M . Furthermore, a triple-Regge analysis in these variable yields an effective exchange trajectory which passes through the K, Q and L mesons. There is evidence for beam fragmentation in Λ and Λ production, but the contributions seem not to be dominant in the fragmentation region. Nevertheless, the parameter values in a triple-Regge description are estimated, and together with those for target fragmentation in Λ production, provide a complete description of the fragmentation contributions to the two reactions. Integration of the resultant distribution functions over the complete Chew-Low plot yields fragmentation cross sections increasing approximately as log s ; in addition the observed features of the x , p L and p T 2 projections and of the p L - p T correlation are well-described in the fragmentation regions. Central production contributions are isolated by subtracting the calculated fragmentation distributions
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New experimental results are reported on diffractive dissociation of protons into (nπ + ) in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s = 45 GeV . The data were obtained using the Split-Field-Magnet detector at the CERN Intersecting Storage Rings. We have searched for resonance contributions and found peaks at mass values of 1.5 GeV, 1.65 GeV, and 2.1 GeV. A dip in d σ d t is observed at low t and low mass; it is most pronounced for events with neutrons emitted at 90° in the Gottfried-Jackson frame. The correlation between mass and slope depends strongly on θ J . The cross section of the channel pp → pnπ + is 400 ± 110 μb at s = 45 GeV , giving an energy dependence of s −0.30±0.07 for isospin exchange zero in this channel.
SCALE UNCERTAINTY 20 PCT IS INCLUDED IN ERROR.
SIG(P P --> P N PI+) IS NEARLY EQUAL TO SIG(P P --> P (N PI+)) WHICH WAS ACTUALLY MEASURED, SINCE THE CROSS SECTION OF THE REACTION P P --> N (P PI+) IS LESS THAN .1 MUB AS MEASURED BY N. KWAK ET AL., PL 62B, 359, 1976.
EXTRAPOLATING TO T=0 AND ALLOWING FOR OTHER DECAY MODES YIELDS RESULT.
Reactions K + n → (K π )N have been studied using data from the CERN 2 m deuterium bubble chamber obtained with incident K + of 8.25 GeV/ c . There is an abundant production of K ∗ (892) and K ∗ (1420). The reaction and K ∗ resonance production cross sections are presented. K ∗ production and decay angular distributions are analyzed. Charge-exchange reactions are dominated by unnatural parity exchange and the non-charge-exchange reaction by natural parity exchange. The K ∗ 0 (892) data are in good agreement with the predictions of an OPE absorption model. A broad enhancement around 1850 MeV could be interpreted as a signal for the K ∗ 0 (1780).
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FIT TO D(SIG)/DT = A*EXP(SLOPE*TP) FOR K* EVENTS WITH -TP < 0.24 GEV**2.
A comparison of K±p and p±p elastic scattering is made for incident energy 50 to 175 GeV. Average values of 0.19±0.04 and 0.11±0.02 GeV2 were found for the invariant-momentum-transfer values of the Kp and pp crossover points, respectively.
KP AND PP CROSSOVER POINTS AT -T = 0.19 +- 0.04 AND 0.11 +- 0.02 GEV**2 (AVERAGE VALUES) RESPECTIVELY.
Differential cross sections for K − n → Σ o π o have been measured at K − momenta between 680 and 840 MeV/ c in a bubble chamber experiment. For K − n → Σ o π − the Σ o polarization was also determined. The measurements were combined with the available data on K − p → Σπ in an energy-dependent partial wave analysis in the center of mass energy range from 1520 to 1745 MeV. An acceptable fit was obtained with the well established resonances.
FULL DETAILS OF THIS EXPERIMENT ARE IN V. HEPP ET AL., NP B115, 82 (1976), THE RECORD OF WHICH CONTAINS THE TABULATED TOTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS, POLARIZATIONS AND LEGENDRE POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENTS.
Transversity amplitudes and spin density matrix elements are determined for the process K − p → (π + π − ) s-wave ϵ 0 (1385). Predictions of the additive quark model and of duality diagrams are tested and found consistent with the data; this is the first information about the applicability of these models to processes where a scalar object is produced at the mesonic vertex.
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