Abstract
Proton-induced pion production to the continuum was investigated via the reactions (p,)X, (p,)X, and (p→,)X at bombarding proton energies of 250, 354, and 489 MeV, in the kinematic region where the pion has nearly its maximum allowable kinetic energy. Results from the (p→,)X reaction indicate that at small missing momenta the analyzing powers can be adequately described by a quasi-free p→p→d process, but as the missing momentum is increased this description becomes less accurate. The energy dependence of the cross section for the inclusive (p,) reactions is very similar to that of previously published exclusive (p,) data from the same target nuclei. The double differential cross sections for the data, however, exhibit an energy dependence different from that of the exclusive (p,) reaction.
- Received 2 December 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.37.2051
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