Test of Scale Invariance in Ratios of Muon Scattering Cross Sections at 150 and 56 GeV

Y. Watanabe, L. N. Hand, S. Herb, A. Russell, C. Chang, K. K. W. Chen, D. J. Fox, A. Kotlewski, P. F. Kunz, S. C. Loken, M. Strovink, and W. Vernon
Phys. Rev. Lett. 35, 898 – Published 6 October 1975
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Abstract

Scale invariance is tested in ratios of muon scattering cross sections from an iron target at pairs of q2 values ranging to 40 (GeV/c)2 and differing by a factor of 38. The apparatus was changed with incident energy to preserve acceptance and resolution in scaled variables. The scale-noninvariant departure from unity of these ratios displays a statistically significant ω dependence. The effect exceeds the systematic uncertainty by a factor of 1.7.

  • Received 16 June 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.35.898

©1975 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Y. Watanabe, L. N. Hand, S. Herb, and A. Russell*,†

  • Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

C. Chang, K. K. W. Chen, D. J. Fox, A. Kotlewski, and P. F. Kunz†,§

  • Physics Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

S. C. Loken and M. Strovink

  • Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

W. Vernon

  • Physics Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037

  • *Present address: Texaco Exploration Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alta., Canada.
  • Work supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
  • Deceased.
  • §Now at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, Calif. 94305.
  • Work supported in part by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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Vol. 35, Iss. 14 — 6 October 1975

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