Cross-Sections of Large-Angle Hadron Production in Proton- and Pion-Nucleus Interactions I: Beryllium Nuclei and Beam Momenta of +8.9 Gev/c and -8.0 Gev/c

TL;DR

This paper presents detailed measurements of secondary particle production cross-sections from proton and pion interactions with beryllium nuclei at specific beam momenta, providing valuable data for particle physics applications.

Contribution

It provides the first comprehensive double-differential cross-section data for secondary particles from proton and pion interactions with beryllium at these energies.

Findings

Detailed cross-section data for secondary protons, deuterons, pions, and kaons.

Measurements cover angles between 20 and 125 degrees.

Results aid in modeling particle interactions with beryllium.

Abstract

We report on double-differential inclusive cross-sections of the production of secondary protons, deuterons, and charged pions and kaons, in the interactions with a 5% nuclear interaction length thick stationary beryllium target, of a +8.9 GeV/c proton and pion beam, and a -8.0 GeV/c pion beam. Results are given for secondary particles with production angles between 20 and 125 degrees.