Multiple-neutron events ( γ , i n…) for Pb have been recorded according to their neutron multiplicity i , for i ⩾ 1 with a quasi-monoenergetic photon beam obtained by the annihilation in flight of monochromatic positrons. These experimental results, taken with photon energies E γ from 145 up to 440 MeV, are subsequently used to determine the partial sum σ (2) ( E γ )= Σ i ⩾2 σ ( γ , i n…) and to evaluate the ensuing total photonuclear absorption cross section σ (tot: Eγ ).
DATA FROM ARENDS ET AL., PL 98B/ 423/81 AND ROST (DISSERTATION) BONN IR-80-10 (1980).
DATA FROM ARENS ET AL. PHOTOPION NUCLEAR PHYSICS, ED. P. STOLER (PLENUM NEW YORK, 1969) P. 385.
DATA FROM LEPRETRE ET AL., NP A367/237/81 AND CARLOS ET AL., NP A378/317/82 FOR E<140 MEV AND THIS EXPERIMENT FOR E>140 MEV.
The total cross section for hadron production by high-energy photons has been measured from a number of nuclei ranging from hydrogen to uranium. Some shadowing is observed at a level considerably less than predicted by conventional vector-meson dominance but consistent with a modified theory. The energy dependence predicted by vectormeson dominance is observed. The shadowing in heavy nuclei shows a smooth transition from electroproduction to photoproduction.
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