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Using data from Fermilab experiment E791, we have established the feasibility of directly measuring D-nucleon inelastic cross-sections using thin-foil targets. A realistic experiment can measure absolute cross-sections with 15% precision and the difference between particle and antiparticle cross-section with 10% precision. Assuming that D cross-sections per nucleus vary asA α, the experiment can determine α with 0.04 precision.
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Sokoloff, M.D. Prospects of directly measuring charm-nucleon inelastic cross-sections in a D-meson beam. Nuov Cim A 107, 2167–2173 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823610
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