Eur. Phys. J. C 70, 573-633 (2010)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1479-z

Cross-sections of large-angle hadron production in proton– and pion–nucleus interactions VI: carbon nuclei and beam momenta from ±3 GeV/c to ±15 GeV/c

¹ Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
² CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
³ Sezione di Milano-Bicocca, Politecnico di Milano and INFN, Milan, Italy
⁴ Institute of High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia
⁵ Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
⁶ Institute for Nuclear Research RAS, Moscow, Russia

joerg.wotschack@cern.ch

Received: 30 July 2010
Revised: 17 September 2010
Published online: 3 November 2010

Abstract

We report on double-differential inclusive cross-sections of the production of secondary protons, charged pions, and deuterons, in the interactions with a 5% λ _int thick stationary carbon target, of proton and pion beams with momentum from ±3 GeV/c to ±15 GeV/c. Results are given for secondary particles with production angles 20°<θ<125°. Cross-sections on carbon nuclei are compared with cross-sections on beryllium, copper, tantalum and lead nuclei.