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Forward neutron production at the Fermilab Main Injector

  • T. S. Nigmanov
  • , D. Rajaram
  • , M. J. Longo
  • , U. Akgun
  • , G. Aydin
  • , W. Baker
  • , P. D. Barnes
  • , T. Bergfeld
  • , A. Bujak
  • , D. Carey
  • , E. C. Dukes
  • , F. Duru
  • , G. J. Feldman
  • , A. Godley
  • , E. Gülmez
  • , Y. O. Günaydin
  • , N. Graf
  • , H. R. Gustafson
  • , L. Gutay
  • , E. Hartouni
  • P. Hanlet, M. Heffner, C. Johnstone, D. M. Kaplan, O. Kamaev, J. Klay, M. Kostin, D. Lange, A. Lebedev, L. C. Lu, C. Materniak, M. D. Messier, H. Meyer, D. E. Miller, S. R. Mishra, K. S. Nelson, A. Norman, Y. Onel, J. M. Paley, H. K. Park, A. Penzo, R. J. Peterson, R. Raja, C. Rosenfeld, H. A. Rubin, S. Seun, N. Solomey, R. Soltz, E. Swallow, Y. Torun, K. Wilson, D. Wright, K. Wu

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Abstract

We have measured cross sections for forward neutron production from a variety of targets using proton beams from the Fermilab Main Injector. Measurements were performed for proton beam momenta of 58, 84, and 120GeV/c. The cross section dependence on the atomic weight (A) of the targets was found to vary as Aα, where α is 0.46±0.06 for a beam momentum of 58GeV/c and 0.54±0.05 for 120GeV/c. The cross sections show reasonable agreement with FLUKA and DPMJET Monte Carlos. Comparisons have also been made with the LAQGSM Monte Carlo.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number012002
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume83
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 6 2011
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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