π-p and K-p elastic scattering at 6.2 GeV/c

Data on 6.2 GeV/c π-p and K-p elastic scattering cross sections are presented in the range 0.3<-t<10.7 (GeV/c)2. Large-angle π-p scattering differential cross sections oscillate around an average differential cross section of 50 nb/(GeV/c)2, with minima at cos thetasub(cm) approximately 0 and -0.4. The well-known dip at -t=2.8 (GeV/c)2 remains constant in t. In the backward direction there is a dip at -u approximately 1 (GeV/c)2. K-p elastic scattering has a diffraction peak with a slope of 7.30+-0.08 (GeV/c)-2 in the region 0.3<-t<0.6 (GeV/c)2. The structure at about -t=1 (GeV/c)2 is less pronounced than at 5 GeV/c. The large-angle region is characterized by a very fast decrease of the differential cross section with increasing energy. (Auth.)