121052661
Muon pair production in very high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions
Characteristics of muon pair production in very high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions are discussed. Particular attention is given to comparing the rate of muon pairs produced from thermalized quark-gluon matter to that of pairs produced via the usual Drell-Yan mechanism. The thermal rate is at least of the same order of magnitude as the direct Drell-Yan rate and will certainly dominate whenxF for the pair approaches 1. BeyondxF=1 the thermal rate is also substantial. This region is particularly easily accessible in fixed target experiments.
120502863
Hadronic Production with a Drell-Yan Trigger
The ratio of cross sections for producing fast ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}'\mathrm{s}$ and ${\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}'\mathrm{s}$ in association with a massive dilepton should be a strongly varying function of the mass of the pair, reducing at small mass to its value in the absence of a pair. For $\frac{{{M}_{\ensuremath{\mu}\ensuremath{\mu}}}^{2}}{s}g0.1$, the $\frac{{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}}{{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}}$ ratio should fall by a factor of 1.7 in the reactions $p+\overline{p}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}+({\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}})+X$ and $p+{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{\ensuremath{-}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}+({\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}})+X$, rise by a factor of 2.6 in $p+{\ensuremath{\pi}}^{+}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}+({\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}})+X$, and fall by about 25% in $p+p\ensuremath{\rightarrow}\ensuremath{\pi}+({\ensuremath{\mu}}^{+}{\ensuremath{\mu}}^{\ensuremath{-}})+X$.
118941079
Regge phenomenology of inclusive reactions
120158411
Structure of two-body correlations in high energy hadron production
Abstract Experimental information on diffraction is used to estimate long range effects in multiparticle production. Diffractively produced secondaries are found to produce a plateau in the central region. Diffraction accounts for 30% of the observed correlations and the remainder, consistent with being short range, corresponds to a cluster size of 2.4 charged particles.
121110858
BACKWARD-SCATTERING EXTRAPOLATIONS AND BARYON COUPLINGS.
Extrapolation of an asymptotic cross section to a baryon pole cannot uniquely determine the coupling constant. The only asymptotic quantities capable of doing this are the R and A parameters. The notorious discrepancy between extrapolation of dσ(πp)/du and the known Δ width is shown to be purely illusory.
124906083
Geometrical description of hadronic collisions
120365910
Modular TPCs for relativistic heavy-ion experiments☆
Abstract A description is given of a TPC system that operates in a relativistic heavy-ion beam and yields good track reconstruction efficiency in very-high-multiplicity events. The mechanical construction of the chamber is discussed. A set of custom hybrid circuits are used to build a very compact, cost-effective electronics system mounted directly on the chamber. Results from running in test beams and from preliminary experimental runs are given.
118155642
Development and tests of an anode readout TPC with high track separability for large solid angle relativistic ion experiments
We have developed, constructed and tested an anode readout TPC with high track separability which is suitable for large solid angle relativistic ion experiments. The readout via rows of short anode wires parallel to the beam has been found in tests to allow two-track separability of approx.2-3 mm. The efficiency of track reconstruction for events from a target, detected inside the MPS 5 KG magnet, is estimated to be >90% for events made by incident protons and pions. 15 GeV/c x A Si ion beams at a rate of approx.25 K per AGS pulse were permitted to course through the chamber and did not lead to any problems. When the gain was reduced to simulate the total output of a minimum ionizing particle, many Si ion tracks were also detected simultaneously with high efficiency. The resolution along the drift direction (parallel to the MPS magnetic field and perpendicular to the beam direction) was <1 mm and the resolution along the other direction /perpendicular/ to the beam direction was <1 mm also. 3 refs., 5 figs.
119722876
Measurement of the dijet cross section in 400-GeV pp collisions
The invariant cross section for production of jet pairs in 400-GeV/c pp interactions has been measured as a function of p{tau} in the p{tau} range 4 to 9 GeV/c. The results are in good agreement with predictions of perturbative QCD models. 20 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.
122409672
HIGH TRANSVERSE ENERGY PROTON - NUCLEUS INTERACTIONS AT 400-GeV/c
124431569
Integrated proposal on first round experiments with the polarized beam facility