Abstract
The 90° differential cross section for charged meson production in hydrogen and carbon is measured for incident proton energies 345 to 380 Mev. For hydrogen, the 90° } meson production energy spectra occur as peaks in the energy region predicted from the kinematics of the reaction . Ratios of these 90° differential cross sections are at 380 Mev: at 365 Mev: at 345 Mev=2.6:1.6:1 with a statistical uncertainty of 15 percent. For carbon the meson production spectra show an increase in the energy of the maximum of the broad distributions, with increasing incident proton energy. The ratio in carbon is found to be in the range (10±3): 1 for all three proton energies studies. Qualitative agreement with these carbon meson spectra is obtained from a phenomenological analysis based upon the assumptions of nucleon-nucleon collisions in which the target has a Gaussian momentum distribution.
- Received 10 September 1952
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.88.1247
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