Observation of Large-Transverse-Momentum Muons Directly Produced by 300-GeV Protons
- 8 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 33 (2) , 112-115
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.112
Abstract
We have observed muons produced directly in Cu and W targets by 300-GeV incident protons. We find a yield of muons which is approximately a constant fraction (0.8·) of the pion yield for both positive and negative charges and for transverse momenta between 1.5 and 5.4 GeV/c.
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