Measurement of the continuum of dimuons produced in high-energy proton-nucleus collisions

A. S. Ito; R. J. Fisk; H. Jöstlein; D. M. Kaplan; S. W. Herb; D. C. Hom; L. M. Lederman; H. D. Snyder; J. K. Yoh; B. C. Brown; C. N. Brown; W. R. Innes; R. D. Kephart; K. Ueno; T. Yamanouchi

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.23.604

Measurement of the continuum of dimuons produced in high-energy proton-nucleus collisions

A. S. Ito, R. J. Fisk, H. Jöstlein, D. M. Kaplan, S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom, L. M. Lederman, H. D. Snyder, J. K. Yoh, B. C. Brown, C. N. Brown, W. R. Innes, R. D. Kephart, K. Ueno, and T. Yamanouchi

Phys. Rev. D 23, 604 – Published 1 February 1981

Abstract

We report final results of a series of measurements of continuum dimuon production in proton-nucleus collisions at Fermilab. New results with 6 times more statistics are included. A full description of the apparatus and methods used in the analysis of this series of measurements is given. The sea quark distribution of the nucleon is determined within the context of Drell-Yan and quantum-chromodynamic description of dilepton production in hadron collisions.

Received 4 April 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.23.604

Authors & Affiliations

A. S. Ito^*, R. J. Fisk^*, H. Jöstlein^*, and D. M. Kaplan^†

State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794

S. W. Herb, D. C. Hom^‡, L. M. Lederman, H. D. Snyder^§, and J. K. Yoh

Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

B. C. Brown, C. N. Brown, W. R. Innes^∥, R. D. Kephart, K. Ueno, and T. Yamanouchi

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510

^*Present address: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510.
^†Present address: Nevis Laboratories, Columbia University, Irving ton, New York 10533.
^‡Present address: Riverside Research, 80 West End Ave., New York, New York 10023.
^§Present address: Physics Dept., Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C. 20002.
^∥Present address: SLAC, P.O. Box 4349, Stanford, California 94305.

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