$K^- p$ total and elastic cross sections at 2.66 GeV/c

Ficenec, J.R. ; Trower, W.P. ;
Phys.Lett.B 25 (1967) 369-372, 1967.
Inspire Record 1389627 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.29435

At an incident kaon momentum of 2.66 GeV/ c we have measured the total and elastic cross sections to be 30.2 and 5.70 mb respectively. The elastic scattering angular distribution is dominated by a single diffraction peak; and when this peak is fit to an exponential in momentum transfer t , the first order term is both necessary and sufficient. This fit evaluated at t =0 is consistent with a purely imaginary forward scattering amplitude. Our data when compared with that of others indicates no shrinkage of the diffraction peak. The entire angular distribution was also fit to a Legendre series, with order 9 being required to represent the data.

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