INTERACTION OF 2 GEV NEGATIVE PI-MESONS WITH EMULSION NUCLEI,

Abstract

An investigation of 281 interactions of 2 GeV/c negative pions with emulsion nuclei is reported. The fraction of stars with charged secondary pions is 75=3 per cent, and the mean number per star of emitted charged pions is 1.21 =0.08. Only 2 K-mesons have been observed, which confirms other results that the production cross section of strange particles is low. Our results have been compared with the predictions from a cascade calculation by Metropolis et al. which starts from the known elementary pion-nucleon and nucleon-nucleon cross sections. The agreement between the calculated data and our experimental results is good as far as the multiplicity, energy spectrum and angular distribution of emitted pions and also the energy spectrum of knockon protons are concerned. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0613754

Entities

People

  • B. E. Ronne
  • O. Danielsson

Organizations

  • Stockholm University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Emulsions
  • Kaons
  • Mesons
  • Particles
  • Pions
  • Production
  • Spectra
  • Strange Particles
  • Subatomic Particles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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