Study of the high-mass dimuon continuum in 400-GeV proton-nucleus collisions

作者: D. M. Kaplan , R. J. Fisk , A. S. Ito , H. Jöstlein , J. A. Appel

DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.40.435

关键词: Nuclear reactionNuclear physicsPair productionParticle physicsMass spectrumMuonPhysicsContinuum (design consultancy)LeptonProtonElementary particle

摘要: The mass spectrum of muon pairs in the range 5 to 15 GeV is studied inclusive reaction p + nucleus ..-->.. ..mu../sup +/ -/ anything. UPSILON and continuum distribution are presented as A dependence continuum. Comparison with a parton-annihilation model yields sea-quark distribution.

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