Antiproton Interactions in Hydrogen and Carbon below 200 Mev

Authors:
  • LALewis E. Agnew
    Lewis E. Agnew
  • TETom Elioff
    Tom Elioff
  • WFWilliam B. Fowler
    William B. Fowler
  • RLRichard L. Lander
    Richard L. Lander
  • WPWilson M. Powell
    Wilson M. Powell
  • ESEmilio Segrè
    Emilio Segrè
  • HSHerbert M. Steiner
    Herbert M. Steiner
  • HWHoward S. White
    Howard S. White
  • CWClyde Wiegand
    Clyde Wiegand
  • TYTom Ypsilantis
    Tom Ypsilantis

Abstract
About 500 antiprotons in a partially purified antiproton beam have been observed to enter the 30-in. propane bubble chamber. An arrangement of counters identified the antiproton events, thus reducing scanning to a minimum and also providing a sample of antiprotons free of scanning bias. The antiprotons entered the propane at a kinetic energy of 220 Mev and were brought to rest. Scattering and annihilation interactions in both hydrogen and carbon have been observed as a function of antiproton energy. Differential scattering cross sections have been obtained, and the following total cross sections have been measured for antiproton kinetic energies, T, in the ranges 75 to 137.5 Mev and 137.5 to 200 Mev: The above results show satisfactory agreement with the Ball-Chew theory where comparison can be made.

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