Journal article
Forward Neutron Production at the Fermilab Main Injector
Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, Vol.83(1), 012002
10/29/2010
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.012002
Abstract
Phys.Rev.D83:012002,2011 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 GeV/c, 84 GeV/c, and 120 GeV/c.
The cross section dependence on the atomic weight (A) of the targets was found
to vary as $A^(alpha)$ where $\alpha$ is $0.46\pm0.06$ for a beam momentum of
58 GeV/c and 0.54$\pm$0.05 for 120 GeV/c. The cross sections show reasonable
agreement with FLUKA and DPMJET Monte Carlos. Comparisons have also been made
with the LAQGSM Monte Carlo.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Forward Neutron Production at the Fermilab Main Injector
- Creators
- P Hanlet - Illinois Institute of TechnologyT. S Nigmanov - University of MichiganD Rajaram - University of MichiganM Heffner - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryM. J Longo - University of MichiganC Johnstone - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryD. M Kaplan - Illinois Institute of TechnologyU Akgun - University of IowaG Aydin - University of IowaO Kamaev - Illinois Institute of TechnologyW Baker - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryJ Klay - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryP D Barnes JrM Kostin - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryT Bergfeld - University of South CarolinaD Lange - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryA Bujak - Purdue University West LafayetteA Lebedev - Harvard UniversityD Carey - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryL. C Lu - University of VirginiaE. C Dukes - University of VirginiaC Materniak - University of VirginiaF Duru - University of IowaM. D Messier - Indiana UniversityH Meyer - Wichita State UniversityG. J Feldman - Harvard UniversityA Godley - University of South CarolinaD. E Miller - Purdue University West LafayetteE Gülmez - Boğaziçi UniversityS. R Mishra - University of South CarolinaY. O Günaydin - Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam UniversityK. S Nelson - University of VirginiaN Graf - Indiana UniversityA Norman - University of VirginiaH. R Gustafson - University of MichiganY Onel - University of IowaL Gutay - Purdue University West LafayetteJ. M Paley - Indiana UniversityE Hartouni - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryH. K Park - Kyungpook National UniversityA Penzo - University of IowaR. J Peterson - University of Colorado BoulderR Raja - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryC Rosenfeld - University of South CarolinaH. A Rubin - Illinois Institute of TechnologyS Seun - Harvard UniversityN Solomey - Wichita State UniversityR Soltz - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryE Swallow - Elmhurst CollegeY Torun - Illinois Institute of TechnologyK Wilson - University of South CarolinaD Wright - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryK Wu - University of South CarolinaMIPP Collaboration
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, Vol.83(1), 012002
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.012002
- ISSN
- 1550-7998
- eISSN
- 1550-2368
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000015, name: U.S. Department of Energy
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/29/2010
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199800702771
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