Test of nuclear effects in hadronic dimuon production

We present the final analysis of the nuclear effects on the cross section of dimuon production, using simultaneously a hydrogen and a platinum target in a 150, 200 and 280 GeV pion beam. For the dimuon mass interval 4.1 to 8.5 GeV, the ratio of the cross sections is in agreement with the Drell-Yan m...

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Published in:Physics letters. B 1981-01, Vol.104 (4), p.335-338
Main Authors: Badier, J., Boucrot, J., Bourotte, J., Burgun, G., Callot, O., Charpentier, Ph, Crozon, M., Decamp, D., Delpierre, P., Espigat, P., Gandois, B., Hagelberg, R., Hansroul, M., Karyotakis, J., Kienzle, W., Le Dû, P., Lefrançois, J., Leray, Th, Maillard, J., Matthiae, G., Michelini, A., Miné, Ph, Rahal, G., Runolfsson, O., Siegrist, P., Tilquin, A., Timmermans, J., Valentin, J., Vanderhaghen, R., Weisz, S.
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Language:English
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High Energy Physics - Experiment
Physics
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Summary:We present the final analysis of the nuclear effects on the cross section of dimuon production, using simultaneously a hydrogen and a platinum target in a 150, 200 and 280 GeV pion beam. For the dimuon mass interval 4.1 to 8.5 GeV, the ratio of the cross sections is in agreement with the Drell-Yan model within a 10% error, mainly due to systematics. The variation of this ratio with the dimuon mass, x 1 and x 2 is also in good agreement, and no variation with the transverse momentum is observed.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/0370-2693(81)90137-4