Published April 1, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Leading particles and diffraction dissociation in 150-GeV/c π-p interactions

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Diffraction dissociation of both the beam and target particles has been observed in 150-GeV/c π-p interactions in the Fermilab 30-in.-bubble-chamber--proportional-wire-chamber hybrid spectrometer. The dissociations are observed as recoil systems opposite leading particles, the signals of which are separated from background where appropriate by a variant of the Van Hove sector cut, thus allowing the high-mass portion of the spectrum to be observed. Pion dissociation has a cross section of 1758 +- 105 μb, divided among two-, four-, and six-prong events; some rho0 production is seen and comes primarily from the π- → 2π-π+ channel. The proton dissociation cross section is 1726 +- 100 μb, again divided among two-, four-, and six-prong events. The final state contains a neutron more frequently than a proton in the two- and six-prong events, a proton more frequently in the four-prong events. Production of Δ++ is observed in the p → pπ+π- dissociations

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
1726-1743
ISSN
0556-2821