A Measurement of $\pi^0$ Production at Large Transverse Momentum in $\pi^- p$, $\pi^+ p$ and $p p$ Collisions at 300-{GeV}/$c$

The NA24 collaboration De Marzo, C. ; De Palma, M. ; Favuzzi, C. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.D 36 (1987) 16, 1987.
Inspire Record 236249 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.23354

Cross sections for inclusive π0 production at large transverse momentum pT were measured in π−p, π+p, and pp collisions at 300 GeV/c. The cross-section ratio σ(π−p→π0X)/σ(π+p→π0X) was found to be consistent with unity in the pT region of 1 to 5 GeV/c. The cross-section ratio σ(π+p→π0X)/σ(pp→π0X) however is growing with increasing pT and increasing π0 c.m.-system rapidity in agreement with parton-model expectations, where the partons in the pions have on average higher momenta than in the proton.

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THERE IS ALSO A 1 PCT UNCERTAINTY IN THE PT SCALE AND A 7 PCT UNCERTAINTY IN THE NORMALISATION.


COMPARISON OF HIGH TRANSVERSE MOMENTUM PI0 PRODUCTION FROM PI-, K-, P, AND ANTI-P BEAMS.

Donaldson, G. ; Gordon, H. ; Lai, K.W. ; et al.
Phys.Rev.Lett. 40 (1978) 917-920, 1978.
Inspire Record 131684 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.14084

We compare high-transverse-momentum (P⊥) inclusive π0 production from π−, K−, p, and p¯ beams, at 100 and 200 GeV/c, for center-of-mass (c.m.) angles ranging from 2° to 115° and P⊥<4.5 GeV/c. The ratio σ(pp→π0X)σ(πp→π0X) decreases with increasing P⊥, and changes dramatically with c.m. angle. Also, the ratios σ(K−p→π0X)σ(π−p→π0X) and σ(p¯p→π0X)σ(pp→π0X) are approximately constant. These measurements are consistent with a theoretical viewpoint in which constituents of the incident hadrons undergo a hard-scattering subprocess.

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