Multiple Meson Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at 2.85 Bev
- 15 April 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 126 (2) , 747-756
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.126.747
Abstract
Measurements have been made on 753 four-prong events obtained by exposing the Brookhaven National Laboratory 20-in. liquid hydrogen bubble chamber to 2.85-Bev protons. The partial cross sections observed for multiple meson production reactions are: , 2.67±0.13; , 1.15±0.09; , 0.74±0.07; , 0.06±0.02; four or more meson production, 0.04±0.02, all in mb. Production of two mesons appears to occur mainly in peripheral collisions with relatively little momentum transfer. In cases of three-meson production, however, the protons are typically deflected at large angles and are more strongly degraded in energy. The , pion-nucleon resonance dominates the interaction; there is some indication that one or both of the , pion-nucleon resonances also play a part. The recently discovered resonance in a , three-pion state appears to be present in the reaction. Results are compared with the predictions of the isobaric nucleon model of Sternheimer and Lindenbaum, and with the statistical model of Cerulus and Hagedorn. The cross section for the reaction is derived using an expression from the one-pion exchange model of Drell.
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