We have measured the K − p elastic-scattering differential cross section at 3.59 GeV/ c for t < −0.1 (GeV/ c ) 2 . After all geometrical and kinematical cuts we have 11 734 elastic events. The forward diffraction peak has a slope of 7.57 ± 0.1 (GeV/ c ) −2 , and there is a marked dip-bump structure at t ∼ −1.0 (GeV/ c ) 2 . The elastic cross section is 4.4 ± 0.2 mb. There is no evidence for a backward peak.
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EVENTS NORMALIZED TO A TOTAL CROSS SECTION OF 26.3 +- 0.3 MB.
In a single-arm spectrometer experiment, high-precision measurements of dσdt for π−p, K−p, and p¯p elastic scattering have been made at 8 and 16 GeV/c. The π−p data show rich structure at 8 GeV/c, indicative of strong non-Pomeron contributions, while the 16-GeV/c data are much smoother. For −t≳1 (GeV/c)2 there is a strong s dependence while there is very little for −t<1 (GeV/c)2. For p¯p scattering the forward region is smoothly diffractive for −t<0.4 (GeV/c)2 and shows antishrinkage. The exponential slope parameter b is measured to be 12.36 ± 0.04 (GeV/c)−2 at 8 GeV/c and 11.40 ± 0.04 (GeV/c)−2 at 16 GeV/c. The structure near −t=0.6 (GeV/c)2 seen at lower energies is still obvious at 16 GeV/c. The K−p data show some structure at 8 GeV/c, but can be represented adequately by a quadratic exponential form. At 16 GeV/c the K−p angular distribution shows antishrinkage and lies above the 8-GeV/c cross section for 0.11<−t<0.8 (GeV/c)2.
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