In exposures of the Argonne National Laboratory 12-ft bubble chamber filled with hydrogen and deuterium to a neutrino beam, we have observed events consisting of (1) a single π+ meson originating in the liquid, and (2) a proton with an e+e− pair pointing to it. Only a small fraction of these events can be ascribed to known reactions such as np→nnπ+ and np→npπ0. The remaining events, which correspond to a signal of about 4.5 standard deviations, we ascribe to the reactions νp→νnπ+ and νpπ0.
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We present data on the reaction ν p → μ + pπ − from an exposure of the Fermilab 15 ft hydrogen bubble chamber. The channel cross section for 5 GeV < E ν < 70 GeV and M( p π − ) < 1.9 GeV is σ = (27 ± 5) × 10 −40 cm 2 . This cross section is dominated by the I = 1 2 production amplitude.
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Data from p+p→p+X at 102, 205, and 405 GeV and from π−+p→p+X at 205 GeV exhibit an approximate scaling property in the charged-prong multiplicity distributions as a function of the missing mass for the range 5<~MX<~13 GeV.
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Results are presented of a study of inclusive ηp and ηn interactions from threshold to 6 GeV. The data show a rapid approach to the distributions expected in the naive quark-parton model. The charged-current η deuteron total cross section is fit by the expression σ T ( η d) = (0.76 ± 0.03) × 10 −38 E η cm 2 per GeV per nucleon. For E η > 1.5 GeV, we measure σ T ( η n)/ σ T ( η p) = (2.02 ± 0.23). The distributions in the scaling variables x and y are given and discussed.
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From an analysis of 2275 ν¯p→μ++X0 events at an average Q2 of 4.5 GeV2, there are presented the first measurements, up to one undetermined overall normalization constant, of the x dependence of the proton structure functions using antineutrinos, and of the u and d¯+s¯ quark distributions. The result for u(x) is in good agreement with models based on fits to electron and muon scattering data. With u(x) normalized to those models the absolute antiquark momentum distribution x[d¯x+s¯(x)] in the proton is determined.
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The inelastic reaction p+p→p+X is studied at 205 GeV/c. The distribution of the square of the missing mass, M2, shows a large diffractivelike peak at low M2 due to two-, four-, and six-prong events. The slope of the invariant cross section versus t decreases with increasing M2. The energy dependences of the multiplicity moments for the recoiling system X are similar to those for corresponding moments for p+p→(n chargedparticles).
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We present the results of a study of the inclusive reaction ν¯p→μ+X0 for antineutrino energies from 5 to 150 GeV. The data were obtained by exposing the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory hydrogen-filled 15-foot bubble chamber to a wide-band antineutrino beam. This is the first high-energy antineutrino experiment in which a pure proton target was used. The experimental problems of selecting the required sample of charged-current antineutrino-induced events are discussed in detail. A Monte Carlo simulation of the experiment is used to provide correction factors to the measured distributions. A measurement of the x dependence of the inelasticity (y) distributions gives the proton structure functions F2ν¯p(x) and xF3ν¯p(x) up to an overall normalization constant. When expressed in terms of the quark-parton model, the quark distributions u(x) and d¯(x)+s¯(x) are determined. The results for u(x) are found to be in excellent agreement with models based on fits to electron and muon scattering data. Using these results to fix the u(x) normalization, an absolute measurement is made of x[d¯(x)+s¯(x)], the antiquark momentum distribution.
VALUES OF Q**2 ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE ARE.... 2.2 , 3.5 , 3.4 , 4.4 , 4.7 , 5.0 , 6.0 , 6.5 , 7.7 , 8.0.
The Fermilab wide-band antineutrino beam incident on the hydrogen-filled 15-foot bubble chamber was used to study ν¯p neutral-current interactions. The u=x(1−y) distribution is presented for both the neutral- and the charged-current data sample. Fitting the neutral-current u distribution to the prediction of a simple quark-parton model measures the Weinberg angle. By using recent measurements of the neutral-to-charged-current cross-section ratio for νp interactions (Rp), we find the corresponding ratio for ν¯p interactions (R¯p) to be 0.36±0.06.
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We present the multiplicity distributions of the hadrons produced in antineutrinoproton interactions. The data sample, which consists of 2025 charged-current events with antineutrino energy greater than 5 GeV, comes from exposures of the 15-foot hydrogen bubble chamber to the broad-band antineutrino beam at Fermilab. The distribution in hadronic mass W has an average value of 3.7 GeV but extends up to 10 GeV. The mean multiplicity of charged hadrons depends on the hadronic mass W and varies as 〈nch〉=(−0.44±0.13)+(1.48±0.06)lnW2 for W2>4 GeV2. The mean multiplicities for events with three or more charged tracks averaged over the total data sample are 〈n−〉=1.68±0.03 and 〈n0〉=1.11±0.07 for π− and π0 production, respectively. The mean π0 multiplicity is found to increase slowly with n−. The integrated correlation coefficient f2−− and the dispersion D− are given as a function of n−. When compared to the distributions characteristic of other leptonic and hadronic reactions, we find a similarity between the ν¯ data and results from hadronic reactions that have no diffractive component. Multiplicity data for the heavier particles K0, ρ0, and Λ are also summarized. The pion multiplicities in the current fragmentation region exceed those for the target fragmentation at all W values. They also satisfy the isospin relation 2〈n0〉=〈n+〉+〈n−〉 required for the fragmentation of an I=12 quark when a W>4 GeV selection is imposed.
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Charged-particle multiplicity distributions in 400-GeV/c pd interactions have been studied in an experiment in the Fermilab 30-inch bubble chamber. From the fractions of odd-prong and backward-proton events, a rescatter fraction of 0.22±0.01 is found (for N≥3). The pn multiplicity distribution is obtained from the odd-prong distribution plus a no-cascade assumption. After making one-prong and two-prong estimates, mean charged-particle multiplicities of 9.49±0.12 for pd (including slow particles) and 8.57±0.12 for pn are obtained. In the incident momentum range 100 to 400 GeV/c, pd and pp distributions are very similar to each other and are different from pn distributions.
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////SHORT PROTON VISIBILITY, UNOBSERVED DALITZ PAIRS, UNOBSERVED VEES, UNOBSERVED CLOSE SECONDARIES, UNCOUNTABLE EVENTSTHE ONE- AND TWO-PRONG EVENTS WERE NOT MEASURED AND WERE ESTIMATED USING ADDITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS AND DATA OF OTHER EXPERIMENTS//TO OBTAIN THE FREE-NEUTRON DISTRIBUTIONS THE ASSUMPTION THAT RESCATTERING IS MULTIPLICITY INDEPENDENT HAS BEEN MADE, AND CORRECTION FOR DEUTERON-FINAL-STATE EVENTS AND FOR WAVE-FUNCTION SYMMETRY REQUIREMENTS HAS BEEN MADE).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////SHORT PROTON VISIBILITY, UNOBSERVED DALITZ PAIRS, UNOBSERVED VEES, UNOBSERVED CLOSE SECONDARIES, UNCOUNTABLE EVENTSTHE ONE- AND TWO-PRONG EVENTS WERE NOT MEASURED AND WERE ESTIMATED USING ADDITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS AND DATA OF OTHER EXPERIMENTS//TO OBTAIN THE FREE-NEUTRON DISTRIBUTIONS THE ASSUMPTION THAT RESCATTERING IS MULTIPLICITY INDEPENDENT HAS BEEN MADE, AND CORRECTION FOR DEUTERON-FINAL-STATE EVENTS AND FOR WAVE-FUNCTION SYMMETRY REQUIREMENTS HAS BEEN MADE).
Axis error includes +- 0.0/0.0 contribution (?////SHORT PROTON VISIBILITY, UNOBSERVED DALITZ PAIRS, UNOBSERVED VEES, UNOBSERVED CLOSE SECONDARIES, UNCOUNTABLE EVENTSTHE ONE- AND TWO-PRONG EVENTS WERE NOT MEASURED AND WERE ESTIMATED USING ADDITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS AND DATA OF OTHER EXPERIMENTS//TO OBTAIN THE FREE-NEUTRON DISTRIBUTIONS THE ASSUMPTION THAT RESCATTERING IS MULTIPLICITY INDEPENDENT HAS BEEN MADE, AND CORRECTION FOR DEUTERON-FINAL-STATE EVENTS AND FOR WAVE-FUNCTION SYMMETRY REQUIREMENTS HAS BEEN MADE).