Inclusive Soft Pion Production from 12.3 and 17.5 GeV/c Protons on Be, Cu and Au
I. Chemakin, V. Cianciolo, B. A. Cole, R. C. Fernow, A. D. Frawley, M. Gilkes, S. Gushue, E. P. Hartouni, H. Hiejima, M. Justice, J. H. Kang, H. G. Kirk, N. Maeda, R. L. McGrath, S. Mioduszewski, D. Morrison, M. Moulson, M. N. Namboodiri, R. B. Palmer, G. Rai, K. Read, L. Remsberg, M. Rosati, Y. Shin, R. A. Soltz, S. Sorensen, J. H. Thomas, Y. Torun, D. L. Winter, X. Yang, W. A. Zajc, Y. Zhang
Abstract
Differential cross-sections are presented for the inclusive production of charged pions in the momentum range 0.1 to 1.2 GeV/c in interactions of 12.3 and 17.5 GeV/c protons with Be, Cu, and Au targets. The measurements were made by Experiment 910 at the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron in Brookhaven National Laboratory. The cross-sections are presented as a function of pion total momentum and production polar angle \theta with respect to the beam.