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Proton-nucleus interactions; transverse momenta; production mechanisms

A study of 100 interactions, produced by secondary particles from 200 GeV/c proton interactions in nuclear emulsions, has been made to estimate the transverse momenta of the secondary particles. The data have been analysed by different methods of energy estimation and the weighted average values ofp_t have been compared as estimated from various methods. An average value ofp_t equal to 0.38 ± 0.03 GeV/c, in proton-nucleus interactions at 200 GeV/c, has been obtained from the production mechanism method.

Y V Keshava Rao¹ R K Puri¹ K B Bhalla^{1 2} S Lokanathan^{1 2}

1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi - 110 029
2. Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004

Published

November 1978

Manuscript received

17 September 1977

Manuscript revised

31 July 1978