Differential Cross-section of High Mass Muon Pairs Produced by a 194-{GeV}/ pi^-Beam on a Tungsten Target



We present a measurement of the production of muon pairs in 194 GeV/c 3c0212-tungsten interactions. A sample of 155,000 events with mass higher than 4.07 GeV/c2 has been used to determine the differential cross-section as a function of the scaling variables(sqrt au) andxF.


journal: Z.Phys.C 28 (1985) 9, 9   ( doi: 10.1007/BF01550243 )
inspire: https://inspirehep.net/literature/212896
HepData: https://www.hepdata.net/record/ins212896

Additional note


Observable is d²σ/(dxF d√τ) [nb/nucleon] averaged over each (xF, √τ) bin. Different grid files correspond to different ranges in √τ, bins in each grid correspond to different xF.




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