Published March 10, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Pion attenuation following nuclear proton decay

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Description

Pion attenuation following nucleon decay within a nucleus is examined. It is found that predictions of pion survival may be made by use of established phenomenology. The reduction in pion flux is a factor of 2 for 12C or 16O. This implies that the number of observable μ+'s for a water source would be 0.55 times that from a free-nucleon mixture. For the π0-e+ mode the probability of survival as correlated pair is 0.33

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
625-628
ISSN
0031-9007