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Pion production in proton- and pion-carbon collisions at 12 GeV/c measured with HARP
Speakers
- Dr. Ralph ENGEL
Primary authors
- Mrs. Christine MEURER (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe)
Co-authors
- Prof. Johannes BLÜMER (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe)
- Dr. Ralph ENGEL (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe)
- Dr. Andreas HAUNGS (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe)
- Dr. Markus ROTH (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe)
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Abstract content
Motivated by the importance of the measurement of p+C and pi+C interactions for tuning hadronic interaction models used in neutrino flux and extensive air shower simulations, we analyze pion production in p+C and pi+C reactions at 12GeV/c measured in the fixed target experiment HARP at CERN-PS. We present momentum spectra of positive and negative pions in the momentum range from 0.5GeV/c to 8.0GeV/c and angular range from 30mrad to 210mrad. The results are compared with predictions of frequently used hadronic interaction models and a Sanford-Wang parametrisation is fit to the data.
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Reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference; Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia (eds.); Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008; Vol. 4 (HE part 1), pages 683-686