Diffractive Production of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mi>ρ</mi></math></span> Mesons by 147-GeV Muons

W. R. Francis; H. L. Anderson; V. K. Bharadwaj; N. E. Booth; R. M. Fine; B. A. Gordon; R. H. Heisterberg; R. G. Hicks; T. B. W. Kirk; G. I. Kirkbride; W. A. Loomis; H. S. Matis; L. W. Mo; L. C. Myrianthopoulos; F. M. Pipkin; S. H. Pordes; T. W. Quirk; W. D. Shambroom; A. Skuja; L. J. Verhey; W. S. C. Williams; Richard Wilson; S. C. Wright

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.633

Diffractive Production of $ρ$ Mesons by 147-GeV Muons

W. R. Francis, H. L. Anderson, V. K. Bharadwaj, N. E. Booth, R. M. Fine, B. A. Gordon, R. H. Heisterberg, R. G. Hicks, T. B. W. Kirk, G. I. Kirkbride, W. A. Loomis, H. S. Matis, L. W. Mo, L. C. Myrianthopoulos, F. M. Pipkin, S. H. Pordes, T. W. Quirk, W. D. Shambroom, A. Skuja, L. J. Verhey, W. S. C. Williams, Richard Wilson, and S. C. Wright

Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 633 – Published 21 March 1977

Abstract

Cross sections for diffractive $ρ$ muoproduction in hydrogen are presented for $90 GeV < ν < 135 GeV$ (where $ν$ is the energy lost by the scattered muon) and $Q^{2} < 5$ ${(G e V / c)}^{2}$ . The results are compared with lower-energy data and the predictions of simple vector-dominance models.

Received 21 December 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.633

Authors & Affiliations

W. R. Francis, H. L. Anderson, V. K. Bharadwaj, N. E. Booth, R. M. Fine^*, B. A. Gordon, R. H. Heisterberg^†, R. G. Hicks, T. B. W. Kirk, G. I. Kirkbride^‡, W. A. Loomis, H. S. Matis, L. W. Mo^†, L. C. Myrianthopoulos, F. M. Pipkin, S. H. Pordes^§, T. W. Quirk, W. D. Shambroom, A. Skuja^∥, L. J. Verhey^¶, W. S. C. Williams, Richard Wilson, and S. C. Wright

Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, and Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, and Department of Physics, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, and Nuclear Physics Laboratory, The University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3RH, England

^*Present address: Nevis Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. 10027.
^†Present address: Physics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. 24061.
^‡Present address: Hanson Laboratory, Stanford Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 94305.
^§Present address: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
^∥Present address: Physics Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742.
^¶Present address: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass. 02125.