Nuclear enhancement of π0 and η mesons produced at large transverse momenta

  • J. Povlis
  • , J. Biel
  • , C. Bromberg
  • , B. Brown
  • , C. Chandlee
  • , S. Cihangir
  • , S. R.W. Cooper
  • , T. Ferbel
  • , D. Garelick
  • , G. Glass
  • , M. Glaubman
  • , S. R. Han
  • , K. Heller
  • , S. Hossain
  • , J. Huston
  • , A. Jonckheere
  • , J. Lebritton
  • , R. A. Lewis
  • , F. Lobkowicz
  • , M. McLaughlin
  • M. Marshak, C. A. Nelson, E. Peterson, E. Pothier, K. Ruddick, M. Shupe, P. Slattery, G. A. Smith

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Abstract

The authors have measured the large-pT inclusive cross sections for π0 and η production near 90°in the center-of-mass system in 200-GeV/c π+ and proton collisions with beryllium, carbon, and aluminum targets. The cross section for both π0 and η mesons rises with increasing nucleon number (A) of the target nucleus as Aα, with α>1. The ratio of the π0 yield in pA collisions to that in π+A collisions decreases with increasing pT.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)967-970
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume51
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983

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