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Pion total cross section in nucleon - nucleon collisions
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Norbury, John W. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | Total cross section parameterizations for neutral and charged pion production in nucleon - nucleon collisions are compared to experimental data over the projectile momentum range from threshold to 300 GeV. Both proton - proton and proton - neutron reactions are considered. Overall excellent agreement between parameterizations and experiment is found, except for notable disagreements near threshold. In addition, the hypothesis that the neutral pion production cross section can be obtained from the average charged pion cross section is checked. The theoretical formulas presented in the paper obey this hypothesis for projectile momenta below 500 GeV. The results presented provide a test of engineering tools used to calculate the pion component of space radiation. |
| File Size | 1377061 |
| Page Count | 22 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090042822 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2m66gx5k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2009-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Protons Pions Projectiles Neutrons Momentum Extraterrestrial Radiation Parameterization Nuclear Reactions Atomic Collisions Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
