The energy spectrum and the cross section of photonuclear interactions of 180 GeV muons in iron were measured at the CERN SPS using prototype modules of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter. The differential cross section (N-A/A)nudsigma/dnu for a union fractional energy loss nu = E-mu/E-mu was measured in the range 0.1 < nu < 1. The integrated cross section (N-A/A) integral(0.1)(1) nudsigma/dnu is (0.26 +/- 0.03(stat) +/- 0.03(syst)) . 10(-6) cm(2) g(-1) in agreement with the theoretical prediction of 0.267 . 10(-6) cm(2)g(-1). The best adjustment of the data to the theory is achieved for the value of sigma(gamma)N = (115 +/- 18(stat) +/- 15(syst))mub of the photon-nucleon cross section for photons with energies in the range from 18 to 180 GeV.
A measurement of the photonuclear interactions of 180 GeV muons in iron
CAVASINNI, VINCENZO;RODA, CHIARA MARIA ANGELA;
2003-01-01
Abstract
The energy spectrum and the cross section of photonuclear interactions of 180 GeV muons in iron were measured at the CERN SPS using prototype modules of the ATLAS hadron calorimeter. The differential cross section (N-A/A)nudsigma/dnu for a union fractional energy loss nu = E-mu/E-mu was measured in the range 0.1 < nu < 1. The integrated cross section (N-A/A) integral(0.1)(1) nudsigma/dnu is (0.26 +/- 0.03(stat) +/- 0.03(syst)) . 10(-6) cm(2) g(-1) in agreement with the theoretical prediction of 0.267 . 10(-6) cm(2)g(-1). The best adjustment of the data to the theory is achieved for the value of sigma(gamma)N = (115 +/- 18(stat) +/- 15(syst))mub of the photon-nucleon cross section for photons with energies in the range from 18 to 180 GeV.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
