Multimuon Final States in Muon-Nucleon Scattering at 270 GeV

D. Bauer; J. Kiley; R. Ball; C. Chang; K. W. Chen; M. Ghods; S. Hansen; A. Kotlewski; L. Litt; P. F. Schewe; A. Van Ginneken

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1551

Multimuon Final States in Muon-Nucleon Scattering at 270 GeV

D. Bauer, J. Kiley, R. Ball, C. Chang, K. W. Chen, M. Ghods, S. Hansen, A. Kotlewski, L. Litt, P. F. Schewe, and A. Van Ginneken

Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 1551 – Published 19 November 1979

Abstract

Data from a new muon-nucleon scattering experiment includes 513 events, of which 449 are dimuons and 64 are trimuons. Conventional hadronic and electromagnetic processes account for less than 15% of these events. Model calculations suggest that the majority of the dimuons result from associated charm production with a total cross section of about 3 nb.

Received 28 June 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1551

Authors & Affiliations

D. Bauer, J. Kiley, R. Ball, C. Chang^*, K. W. Chen, M. Ghods, S. Hansen^†, A. Kotlewski^‡, L. Litt^‡, and P. F. Schewe^§

Michigan State Uhiversity, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

A. Van Ginneken

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510

^*Present address: National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China.
^†Present address: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Ill. 60510.
^‡Present address: University of Miami School of Medicine, Biscayne Annex, Miami, Fla. 33152.
^§Present address: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, N. Y. 11973.