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Nuclear dependence of high-xt hadron and high- hadron-pair production in p-A interactions at s =38.8 GeV

  • P. B. Straub
  • , D. E. Jaffe
  • , H. D. Glass
  • , M. R. Adams
  • , C. N. Brown
  • , G. Charpak
  • , W. E. Cooper
  • , J. A. Crittenden
  • , D. A. Finley
  • , R. Gray
  • , Y. Hemmi
  • , Y. B. Hsiung
  • , J. R. Hubbard
  • , A. M. Jonckheere
  • , H. Jöstlein
  • , D. M. Kaplan
  • , L. M. Lederman
  • , K. B. Luk
  • , A. Maki
  • , Ph Mangeot
  • R. L. McCarthy, K. Miyake, R. E. Plaag, J. P. Rutherfoord, Y. Sakai, J. C. Santiard, F. Sauli, S. R. Smith, T. Yoshida, K. K. Young

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Abstract

We present a high-statistics, species-identified measurement of the W-to-Be per-nucleon cross-section ratio, RW/Be, for high-xt hadrons and high- h+h- pairs produced in p-A collisions at s =38.8 GeV. The data extend to 0.62 in xt and 0.39 in . For single hadrons, RW/Be peaks at pt5 GeV/c and decreases to 1 for mesons with pt>8 GeV/c. At fixed pt, RW/Be falls with s. For symmetric pairs with >0.28, RW/Be=0.84±0.02±0.07, suggesting a nuclear suppression of high-z fragmentation. RW/Be increases with pout, indicative of constituent multiple scattering.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)452-455
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume68
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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