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Forward Neutron Production at the Fermilab Main Injector
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Forward Neutron Production at the Fermilab Main Injector

P Hanlet, T. S Nigmanov, D Rajaram, M Heffner, M. J Longo, C Johnstone, D. M Kaplan, U Akgun, G Aydin, O Kamaev, …
Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, Vol.83(1), 012002
10/29/2010
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.012002
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/1010.6291View
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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.

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