Production of High-Mass Muon Pairs in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 400 GeV

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D. C. Hom · Columbia University

Leon M. Lederman · Columbia University

H. P. Paar · Columbia University

H. D. Snyder · Columbia University

J. M. Weiss · Columbia University

J. K. Yoh · Columbia University

J. A. Appel · Columbia University

Abstract

We report results on the production of muon pairs in the mass range 2.5 to 20 GeV in 400-GeV proton-nucleus collisions. A total of 159 events are observed in the mass range 5.5 to 11 GeV with a cross section which is in agreement with the previous observation of a high-mass dielectron continuum signal in this interval. Details on the production dynamics and comparisons with parton-model predictions are presented. Within limitations of resolution and continuum uncertainty, the dimuon mass spectrum provides no evidence for fine structure above 5 GeV.

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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 37, Issue 21, pp. 1374-1377

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.37.1374

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 30.42

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Production of High-Mass Muon Pairs in Proton-Nucleus Collisions at 400 GeV

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