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Impact parameter analysis of coherent and incoherent pion productions on nuclei by 11.7 GeV/c π+

Аналиэ с помошью метода прицельного параметра когерентного и некогерентного рождения пионов при соударениях с ядрами π+ меэонов с импульсом 11.7 ГзB/c

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Il Nuovo Cimento A (1965-1970)

Summary

Using our complete momentum measurements for 2-, 3-, 4-and 5-pion final states, we have studied the impact parameter structure with the following principal results: 1) evidence is presented for an empirical method that can help in the separation of coherent events on nuclei; 2) incoherent nuclear production exhibits lower-bound impact parameters which systematically decrease with increasing number of produced pions; 3) the experimentalb-distributions can be very well fitted by a single simple scaled functional form dσ N (b)/d2 bF(N/f(b)); thisN-distribution yields a dispersion divided by an average, at any impact parameterb, of about 0.35.

Riassunto

Usando le nostre misure complete d’impulso per gli stati finali di 2, 3, 4 e 5 pioni si è studiata la struttura del parametro d’impatto con i seguenti risultati principali: 1) si presentano prove per un metodo empirico che può aiutare nella separazione di eventi coerenti sui nuclei; 2) la produzione nucleare incoerente mette in evidenza parametri d’impatto con limiti minori, che diminuiscono sistematicamente con l’aumentare del numero di pioni prodotti; 3) le distribuzionib sperimentali possono essere molto bene approssimate mediante una singola forma semplice funzionale variante di scala dσ N (b)/d2 bF(N/f(b)), la cui distribuzioneN dà una dispersione, divisa per la media, a qualsiasi parametro d’impattob, di circa 0.35.

Реэюме

Испольэуя иэмерения полного импульса 2-, 3-, 4- и 5-пионных конечных состояний, исследуется эависимость от прицельного параметра. Получены следуюшие основные реэультаты: 1) Предлагается подтверждение для змпирического метода, который может помочь при выделении когерентных событий на ядрах. 2) Некогерентное ядерное рождение обнаруживает нижнюю границу по прицельным параметрам, которые систематически уменьщаются при увеличении числа обраэованных пионов. 3) Экспериментальные 6-распределения можно хорощо подогнать с помошью единственного простого функционального выражения dσ N (b)/d2 b∞ ∞F(N/f(b)),N-распределение которого дает дисперсию, деленную на серднее эначение, для любого прицельного параметраb, приблиэительно 0.35.

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Arnold, R., Barshay, S. & Riester, J.L. Impact parameter analysis of coherent and incoherent pion productions on nuclei by 11.7 GeV/c π+ . Nuov Cim A 35, 58–68 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730060

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