Comparison of inclusive charged-pion production inπ±pinteractions at 100 GeV/c

Inclusive single-particle spectra for ${\pi }^{\pm }$ production are presented for data from ${\pi }^{\pm }p$ interactions at 100 GeV/c. The spectra for the four reactions ${\pi }^{\pm }p\to {\pi }^{\pm }+\mathrm{anything}$ are compared as a function of laboratory longitudinal momentum, Feynman $x$, center-of-mass (c.m.) rapidity, and transverse momentum squared. Comparisons are also made between these data and analogous data from 16 and 18.5 GeV/c ${\pi }^{\pm }p$ interactions and the energy dependence is discussed. Average values of the transverse momentum are given as a function of the longitudinal momentum and charged-particle multiplicity. A comparison of the charge distributions is presented as a function of rapidity and c.m. energy.