Published May 28, 1979
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Journal article
Pion production in the 40Ar + 40Ca reaction at 1.05 GeV/nucleon
Creators
- 1. Lawrence Berkely Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
Description
Pion-production cross sections have been measured for the reaction 40Ar + 40Ca → π+ + X at a laboratory energy of 1.05 GeV/nucleon. A maximum in the π+ cross section occurs at mid-rapidity, which is anomalous relative to p + p and p + nucleus reactions and compared to many other heavy-ion reactions. Calculations based on cascade and thermal models fail to fit the data
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 42
- Journal Issue
- 22
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 1448-1451
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10490259
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ARGON 40 REACTIONS; CALCIUM 40 TARGET; DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; GEV RANGE 10-100; INCLUSIVE INTERACTIONS; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; MULTIPLICITY; NUCLEAR CASCADES; PARTICLE PRODUCTION; PARTICLE RAPIDITY; PIONS PLUS; PROTON-PROTON INTERACTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; BOSONS; CROSS SECTIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; GEV RANGE; HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; HADRONS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MESONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; SPECTRA; TARGETS