We have made improved measurements of 43.8 ± 0.8, 41.3 ± 0.4 and 39.3 ± 0.8 mb for the p p elastic cross sections at 1.11, 1.33 and 1.52 GeV/ c laboratory momenta respectively. Sharp forward peaks in the differential cross sections with broad secondary maxima agree with previous observations [3–6]. The forward differential cross sections are (11 ± 3)% above the optical point in agreement with real amplitudes extended from lower momenta using dispersion relations [7]. The elastic cross sections do not show any structure in the s -channel. Backward differential cross sections show the onset of a “third diffraction peak” but no evidence for other structure in agreement with earlier experiments [6, 13].
STATISTICAL PLUS SYSTEMATIC ERRORS.
STATISTICAL PLUS SYSTEMATIC ERRORS.
COUNTS WERE MULTIPLIED BY 1.000 TO GET THESE.. TOTAL NUMBER EVENTS= 543. READ FROM GRAPH.
The contribution of possible intranuclear secondary processes (interactions of secondary mesons with nucleons and few-nucleon systems, interactions of Δ-resonances with nucleons) to cumulative proton production in π − c interactions at 5 GeV/ c is studied. It has been found that the contribution of secondary processes makes nearly half of the inclusive cross section of cumulative proton production at momenta p p ⩽ 0.75 GeV/ c .
FIRST PROTON (P=3) IS CUMULATIVE, MODEL DEPENDENT ESTIMATION.
FIRST PROTON (P=3) IS CUMULATIVE, MODEL DEPENDENT ESTIMATION.