Nuclear dependence of single-hadron and dihadron production inp-Ainteractions at √s=38.8 GeV

We present a measurement of the W-to-Be per-nucleon cross-section ratio, ${\mathit{R}}_{\mathrm{W}/\mathrm{B}\mathrm{e}}$, for single hadrons and for opposite-sign hadron pairs produced in p-A collisions at √s=38.8 GeV. The data fill in regions of intermediate transverse momentum and dihadron mass that previously have revealed cross-section enhancements for scattering from nuclear targets. When combined with previous measurements, the new results help delineate the dependence of nuclear effects on the kinematic variables ${\mathit{p}}_{\mathit{t}}$, m, and √s. Both the single-hadron and hadron-pair enhancements in ${\mathit{R}}_{\mathrm{W}/\mathrm{B}\mathrm{e}}$ seen at intermediate values of ${\mathit{p}}_{\mathit{t}}$ and mass decrease with increasing √s, consistent with a multiple-scattering model of parton scattering. © 1996 The American Physical Society.