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PRODUCTION OF HYPERONS AND HEAVY MESONS IN IRON BY PROTONS AND NEGATIVE PIONS
E. A. Boldt, Herbert S. Bridge, D. O. Caldwell, Yash Pal
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Abstract
At the time of the 1957 Rochester Conference, there appeared to be disagreement on the relative effectiveness of protons and pi /sup -/ mesons for producing strange particles. Cloud chamber measurements of hyperon and heavy meson production cross sections in iron for 2.6-Bev protons and 1.8-Bev negative pions are reported. These measurements show that pi /sup -/ mesons produce hyperons much more copiously tan do protons-, but they do not indicate any significant difference in the pi /sup -/ and proton cross sections for the production of cbarged K mesons. (auth)