1. Measurement of the production of charged pions by protons on a tantalum target
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Catanesi, M.G., Radicioni, E., Edgecock, R., Ellis, M., Robbins, S., Soler, F.J.P., Gossling, C., Bunyatov, S., Krasnoperov, A., Popov, B., Serdiouk, V., Tereschenko, V., Di Capua, E., Vidal-Sitjes, G., Artamonov, A., Arce, P., Giani, S., Gilardoni, S., Gorbunov, P., Grant, A., Grossheim, A., Gruber, P., Ivanchenko, V., Kayis-Topaksu, A., Panman, J., Papadopoulos, I., Pasternak, J., Tcherniaev, E., Tsukerman, I., Veenhof, R., Wiebusch, C., Zucchelli, P., Blondel, A., Borghi, S., Campanelli, M., Morone, M.C., Prior, G., Schroeter, R., Engel, R., Meurer, C., Kato, I., Gastaldi, U., B. Mills, G., Graulich, J.S., Gregoire, G., Bonesini, M., de Min, A., Ferri, F., Paganoni, M., Paleari, F., Kirsanov, M., Bagulya, A., Grichine, V., Polukhina, N., Palladino, V., Coney, L., Schmitz, D., Barr, G., de Santo, A., Pattison, C., Zuber, K., Bobisut, F., Gibin, D., Guglielmi, A., Mezzetto, M., Dumarchez, J., Vannucci, F., Dore, U., Orestano, D., Pastore, F., Tonazzo, A., Tortora, L., Booth, C., Buttar, C., Hodgson, P., Howlett, L., Bogomilov, M., Chizhov, M., Kolev, D., Tsenov, R., Piperov, S., Temnikov, P., Apollonio, M., Chimenti, P., Giannini, G., Santin, G., Burguet-Castell, J., Cervera-Villanueva, A., Gomez-Cadenas, J.J., Martin-Albo, J., Novella, P., Sorel, M., Tornero, A., Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), APC - Neutrinos, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), HARP, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Harp, Mg, Radicioni, E, Edgecock, R, Ellis, M, Robbins, S, Soler, Fjp, Gossling, C, Bunyatov, S, Krasnoperov, A, Popov, B, Serdiouk, V, Tereschenko, V, Di Capua, E, Vidal Sitjes, G, Arce, P, Artamonov, A, Giani, S, Gilardoni, S, Gorbunov, P, Grant, A, Grossheim, A, Gruber, P, Ivanchenko, V, Kayis Topaksu, A, Panman, J, Papadopoulos, I, Pasternak, J, Tcherniaev, E, Tsukerman, I, Veenhof, R, Wiebusch, C, Zucchelli, P, Blondel, A, Borghi, S, Campanelli, M, Morone, Mc, Prior, G, Schroeter, R, Engel, R, Meurer, C, Kato, I, Gastaldi, U, Mills, Gb, Graulich, J, Gregoire, G, Kirsanov, M, Bonesini, M, Ferri, F, Paganoni, M, Paleari, F, Bagulya, A, Grichine, V, Polukhina, N, Palladino, V, Coney, L, Schmitz, D, Barr, G, De Santo, A, Pattison, C, Zuber, K, Bobisut, F, Gibin, D, Guglielmi, A, Mezzetto, M, Dumarchez, J, Vannucci, F, Dore, U, Orestano, Domizia, Pastore, F, Tonazzo, A, Tortora, L, Booth, C, Buttar, C, Hodgson, P, Howlett, L, Bogomilov, M, Chizhov, M, Kolev, D, Tsenov, R, Piperov, S, Temnikov, P, Apollonio, M, Chimenti, P, Giannini, G, Santin, G, Burguet Castell, J, Cervera Villanueva, A, Gomez Cadenas, Jj, Martin Albol, J, Novella, P, Sorel, M, Tornero, A., Çukurova Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Fizik Bölümü, Blondel, Alain, Borghi, Silvia, Campanelli, Mario, Morone, Maria Cristina, Prior, Gersende, Schroeter, Raphaël, Çukurova Üniversitesi, M. G., Catanesi, Palladino, Vittorio, Catanesi, M, Soler, F, Gößling, C, Morone, M, Mills, G, Grégoire, G, Orestano, D, Gómez Cadenas, J, Martín Albo, J, Tornero, A, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), and Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Particle physics ,Proton ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,FOS: Physical sciences ,ddc:500.2 ,01 natural sciences ,Particle identification ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Momentum ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Pion ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,010306 general physics ,Nuclear Experiment ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,Physics ,Time projection chamber ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Física ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Production (computer science) ,Neutrino Factory ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Beam (structure) ,Particle Physics - Experiment - Abstract
38 páginas, 31 figuras, 4 tablas.-- PACS nrs.: 13.75.Cs; 13.85.Ni.-- El Pdf del artículo es la versión pre-print: arXiv:0706.1600v1.-- HARP Collaboration: et al., A measurement of the double-differential cross-section for the production of charged pions in proton-tantalum collisions emitted at large angles from the incoming beam direction is presented. The data were taken in 2002 with the HARP detector in the T9 beam line of the CERN PS. The pions were produced by proton beams in a momentum range from 3 GeV/c to 12 CeV/c hitting a tantalum target with a thickness of 5% of a nuclear interaction length. The angular and momentum range covered by the experiment (100 MeV/c ≤ p ≤ 800 MeV/c and 0.35 rad ≤ Θ < 2.15 rad) is of particular importance for the design of a neutrino factory. The produced particles were detected using a small-radius cylindrical time projection chamber (TPC) placed in a solenoidal magnet. Track recognition, momentum determination and particle identification were all performed based on the measurements made with the TPC. An elaborate system of detectors in the beam line ensured the identification of the incident particles. Results are shown for the double-differential cross-sections d(2)σ/dpdΘ at four incident proton beam momenta (3 GeV/c, 5 GeV/c, 8 GeV/c and 12 GeV/c). In addition, the pion yields within the acceptance of typical neutrino factory designs are shown as a function of beam momentum. The measurement of these yields within a single experiment eliminates most systematic errors in the comparison between rates at different beam momenta and between positive and negative pion production., The experiment was made possible by grants from the Institut Interuniversitaire des Sciences Nucléaires and the Interuniversitair Instituut voor Kernwetenschappen (Belgium), Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Grant FPA2003-06921-c02-02 and Generalitat Valenciana, grant GV00-054-1, CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), the German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Germany), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), INR RAS (Moscow) and the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (UK). We gratefully acknowledge their support. This work was supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in the framework of the programme SCOPES – Scientific co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland.
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