Production of Multi - Pion Systems With Large Longitudinal Momentum at the {CERN} {ISR}

Lockman, William S. ; Meyer, T. ; Rander, J. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 41 (1978) 680-683, 1978.
Inspire Record 6695 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.20814

Inclusive cross sections are presented for 2π and 3π systems with large longitudinal x at the highest intersecting storage ring energies (s=53 GeV for 2π; s=53 and 62 GeV for 3π). The ratio π+π−π−π− rises sharply with increasing x similar to the ratio K+K−, as expected in a quark-model interpretation.

2 data tables

The differential cross section is fitted by the equation : E*D3(SIG)/D3(P) = CONST*(1-XL)**POWER*EXP(-SLOPE*PT**2).

The differential cross section is fitted by the equation : E*D3(SIG)/D3(P) = CONST*(1-XL)**POWER*EXP(-SLOPE*PT**2).


The Missing Mass Squared Dependence of the Average Charged Particle Multiplicity in the Reaction K+ p --> K0 X++ from 5-GeV/c-16-GeV/c

Chliapnikov, P.V. ; Gerdyukov, L.N. ; Minaev, N.G. ; et al.
Phys.Lett.B 52 (1974) 375-380, 1974.
Inspire Record 90218 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.50028

The average charged particle multiplicity, 〈 n ch ( M X 2 )〉, in the reaction K + p→K o X ++ is studied as a function of the mass squared, M X 2 , of the recoil system X and also as a function of the K o transverse momentum, p T , at incident momenta of 5.0, 8.2 and 16.0 GeV/ c . The complete data samples yield distributions which are not independent of c.m. energy squared, s , They exhibit a linear dependence on log ( M X 2 X / M o 2 )[ M o 2 =1 GeV 2 ] with a change in slope occurring for M X 2 ≈ s /2, and do not agree with the corresponding distributions of 〈 n ch 〉 as a function of s for K + p inelastic scattering. Sub-samples of the data for which K o production via beam fragmentation, central production and target fragmentation are expected to be the dominant mechanisms show that, within error, the distribution of 〈 n ch ( M X 2 )〉 versus M X 2 is independent of incident momentum for each sub-sample separately. In particular in the beam fragmentation region the 〈 n ch ( M X 2 )〉 versus M X 2 distribution agrees rather well with that of 〈 n ch 〉 versus s for inelastic K + p interactions. The latter result agrees with recent results on the reactions pp → pX and π − p → pX in the NAL energy range. Evidence is presented for the presence of different production mechanisms in these separate regions.

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Two parametrizations are used for fitting of the mean multiplicity of the charged particles : MULT = CONST(C=A) + CONST(C=B)*LOG(M(P=4 5)**2/GEV**2) and MULT = CONST(C=ALPHA)**(M(P=4 5)**2/GEV**2)**POWER.