Measurement of the production of charged pions by protons on a tantalum target

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 787-824

  Catanesi, M G ^a   Radicioni, E ^a   Edgecock, R ^b   Ellis, M ^b,z   Robbins, S ^b,aa   Soler, F J P ^b,ab   Gossling C ^c   Bunyatov, S ^d   Krasnoperov, A ^d   Popov, B ^d   Serdiouk, V ^d   Tereschenko, V ^d   Di Capua, E ^e   Vidal Sitjes, G ^e,ac   Arce, P ^f,ad   Artamonov, A ^f,ae   Giani, S ^f   Gilardoni, S ^f   Gorbunov, P ^f,ae,af   Grant, A ^f   Grossheim, A ^f,ag   Gruber, P ^f,ah   Ivanchenko, V ^f,ai   Kayis Topaksu, A ^f,aj   Panman, J ^f   Papadopoulos, I ^f   Pasternak, J ^f   Tcherniaev, E ^f   Tsukerman, I ^f,ae   Veenhof, R ^f   Wiebusch, C ^f,ak   Zucchelli, P ^f,af,al   Blondel, A ^g   Borghi, S ^f,g   Campanelli, M ^g   Morone, M C ^g,am   Prior, G ^g,an   Schroeter, R ^g   Engel, R ^h   Meurer, C ^h   Kato, I ^i,ag   Gastaldi, U ^j   Mills, G B ^k   Graulich, J S ^g,l   Gregoire G ^l   Kirsanov, M ^m   Bonesini, M ⁿ   Ferri, F ⁿ   Paganoni, M ⁿ   Paleari, F ⁿ   Bagulya, A ^o   Grichine, V ^o   Polukhina, N ^o   Palladino, V ^p   Coney, L ^q   Schmitz, D ^q   Barr, G ^r   De Santo, A ^r,an   Pattison, C ^r   Zuber, K ^r,ao   Bobisut, F ^s   Gibin, D ^s   Guglielmi, A ^s   Mezzetto, M ^s   Dumarchez, J ^t   Vannucci, F ^t   Dore, U ^e   Orestano, D ^e   Pastore, F ^e   Tonazzo, A ^e   Tortora, L ^e   Booth, C ^u   Buttar, C ^u,ab   Hodgson, P ^u   Howlett, L ^u   Bogomilov, M ^v   Chizhov, M ^v   Kolev, D ^v   Tsenov, R ^v   Piperov, S ^w   Temnikov, P ^w   Apollonio, M ^x   Chimenti, P ^x   Giannini, G ^x   Santin, G ^x,ap   Burguet Castell, J ^y   Cervera Villanueva, A ^y   Gomez Cadenas J J ^y   Martin Albo J ^y   Novella, P ^y   Sorel, M ^y   Tornero, A ^y   more..

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^k LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^m INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^o LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^q Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^s SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^w INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^x SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^z FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^aa Tandberg   (Norway)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^ac IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^ae INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^af SpinX Technologies   (Switzerland)

^ag TRIUMF   (Canada)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^ai MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^aj CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^ak RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^al INFN SEZIONE DI FERRARA   (Italy)

^am UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^an LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34548183516     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0361-0     Document Type: Article

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