Comparison of large-angle production of charged pions with incident protons on cylindrical long and short targets

The HARP collaboration Apollonio, M. ; Artamonov, A. ; Bagulya, A. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.C 80 (2009) 065204, 2009.
Inspire Record 830148 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.54193

The HARP collaboration has presented measurements of the double-differential pi+/pi- production cross-section in the range of momentum 100 MeV/c <= p 800 MeV/c and angle 0.35 rad <= theta <= 2.15 rad with proton beams hitting thin nuclear targets. In many applications the extrapolation to long targets is necessary. In this paper the analysis of data taken with long (one interaction length) solid cylindrical targets made of carbon, tantalum and lead is presented. The data were taken with the large acceptance HARP detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN PS. The secondary pions were produced by beams of protons with momenta 5 GeV/c, 8 GeV/c and 12 GeV/c. The tracking and identification of the produced particles were performed using a small-radius cylindrical time projection chamber (TPC) placed inside a solenoidal magnet. Incident protons were identified by an elaborate system of beam detectors. Results are obtained for the double-differential yields per target nucleon d2 sigma / dp dtheta. The measurements are compared with predictions of the MARS and GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations.

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Differential cross section for PI+ production with a C target in the angular range 0.35 to 0.55 radians.. The errors are the square root of the diagonal elements of the covariant matrix.

Differential cross section for PI+ production with a C target in the angular range 0.55 to 0.75 radians.. The errors are the square root of the diagonal elements of the covariant matrix.

Differential cross section for PI+ production with a C target in the angular range 0.75 to 0.95 radians.. The errors are the square root of the diagonal elements of the covariant matrix.

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Cross-Sections of Large-Angle Hadron Production in Proton- and Pion-Nucleus Interactions V: Lead Nuclei and Beam Momenta from +/-3 Gev/c to +/-15 Gev/c

The HARP collaboration Bolshakova, A. ; Boyko, I. ; Chelkov, G. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 66 (2010) 57-117, 2010.
Inspire Record 838772 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.53811

We report on double-differential inclusive cross-sections of the production of secondary protons, charged pions, and deuterons, in the interactions with a 5% nuclear interaction length thick stationary lead target, of proton and pion beams with momentum from +/-3 GeV/c to +/-15 GeV/c. Results are given for secondary particles with production angles 20 to 125 degrees. Cross-sections on lead nuclei are compared with cross-sections on beryllium, copper, and tantalum nuclei.

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Double-differential inclusive cross section for P production in P PB interactions at beam momentum 3 GeV/c in the polar angle range 20 to 30 degrees.

Double-differential inclusive cross section for P production in P PB interactions at beam momentum 3 GeV/c in the polar angle range 30 to 40 degrees.

Double-differential inclusive cross section for P production in P PB interactions at beam momentum 3 GeV/c in the polar angle range 40 to 50 degrees.

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Large-angle production of charged pions by 3 GeV/c - 12.9 GeV/c protons on beryllium, aluminium and lead targets

The HARP collaboration Catanesi, M.G. ; Radicioni, E. ; Edgecock, R. ; et al.
Eur.Phys.J.C 54 (2008) 37-60, 2008.
Inspire Record 761543 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.51357

Measurements of the double-differential $\pi^{\pm}$ production cross-section in the range of momentum $100 \MeVc \leq p &lt; 800 \MeVc$ and angle $0.35 \rad \leq \theta &lt; 2.15 \rad$ in proton--beryllium, proton--aluminium and proton--lead collisions are presented. The data were taken with the HARP detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN PS. The pions were produced by proton beams in a momentum range from 3 \GeVc to 12.9 \GeVc hitting a target with a thickness of 5% of a nuclear interaction length. The tracking and identification of the produced particles was performed using a small-radius cylindrical time projection chamber (TPC) placed inside a solenoidal magnet. Incident particles were identified by an elaborate system of beam detectors. Results are obtained for the double-differential cross-sections at six incident proton beam momenta (3 \GeVc, 5 \GeVc, 8 \GeVc, 8.9 \GeVc (Be only), 12 \GeVc and 12.9 \GeVc (Al only)) and compared to previously available data.

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Double-differential cross section for PI+ production from BE in the LAB system for PI+ polar angle from 0.35 to 0.55 radians.

Double-differential cross section for PI+ production from BE in the LAB system for PI+ polar angle from 0.55 to 0.75 radians.

Double-differential cross section for PI+ production from BE in the LAB system for PI+ polar angle from 0.75 to 0.95 radians.

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