Measurement of Production Properties of Positively Charged Kaons in Proton-Carbon Interactions at 31 GeV/c

The NA61/SHINE collaboration Abgrall, N. ; Aduszkiewicz, A. ; Anticic, T. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 85 (2012) 035210, 2012.
Inspire Record 1079585 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.59717

Spectra of positively charged kaons in p+C interactions at 31 GeV/c were measured with the NA61/SHINE spectrometer at the CERN SPS. The analysis is based on the full set of data collected in 2007 with a graphite target with a thickness of 4% of a nuclear interaction length. Interaction cross sections and charged pion spectra were already measured using the same set of data. These new measurements in combination with the published ones are required to improve predictions of the neutrino flux for the T2K long baseline neutrino oscillation experiment in Japan. In particular, the knowledge of kaon production is crucial for precisely predicting the intrinsic electron neutrino component and the high energy tail of the T2K beam. The results are presented as a function of laboratory momentum in 2 intervals of the laboratory polar angle covering the range from 20 up to 240 mrad. The kaon spectra are compared with predictions of several hadron production models. Using the published pion results and the new kaon data, the K+/\pi+ ratios are computed.

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The measured K+ production cross section and the K+/PI+ cross section ratio for the angular range 20 to 140 mrad. The errors on the ratios are statistical only.

The measured K+ production cross section and the K+/PI+ cross section ratio for the angular range 140 to 240 mrad. The errors on the ratios are statistical only.


Charged pion backward production in 15-GeV - 65-GeV proton nucleus collisions

Gavrishchuk, O.P. ; Moroz, N.S. ; Peresedov, V.P. ; et al.
Nucl.Phys.A 523 (1991) 589-596, 1991.
Inspire Record 320447 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.36823

The differential cross sections of π − and π + meson production at a laboratory angle of 159° in collisions of 15–65 GeV protons with Be, C, Al, Ti, Mo and W targets are measured. The data are presented in the tables for Lorentz-invariant cross sections over the momentum range of pions from 0.25 to 0.95 GeV/ c . The slopes (“temperatures”) of a cumulative part of the pion spectra (the pion kinetic energy is >0.35 GeV) increase by 15–20% with changing A from 9 up to 184. Some discrepancy in the E -dependence of the temperature of the cumulative pion spectra is observed in the high-energy region studied, namely the temperature at 15–65 GeV, taking its slow rise over this range into account, contradicts that at 400 GeV.

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SOFT PI+ MESONS IN P A AND PI- A INTERACTIONS. (IN RUSSIAN)

Vorobev, L.S. ; Gavrilov, V.B. ; Goryainov, N.A. ; et al.
MOSCOW INST. THEOR. EXP. PHYS. - ITEF-88-072 (88,REC.JAN.89) 25p, 1988.
Inspire Record 270427 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.40033

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PRODUCTION OF MESONS AT 162-DEGREES ON C, CU AND PB NUCLEI IN INCLUSIVE REACTIONS PI- A ---> PI+- X, P A ---> PI+ X, PI- A ---> K+ X

Burgov, N.A. ; Vlasov, M.K. ; Vorobev, L.S. ; et al.
Sov.J.Nucl.Phys. 32 (1980) 219-224, 1980.
Inspire Record 159801 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.17900

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PRODUCTION OF SOFT PIONS IN H A INTERACTIONS

Vorobev, L.S. ; Gavrilov, V.B. ; Goryainov, N.A. ; et al.
JETP Lett. 49 (1989) 670-674, 1989.
Inspire Record 287792 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.16848

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