MULTIMUON FINAL-STATES IN MUON-NUCLEON SCATTERING AT 270 GEV

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作者
BAUER, D [1 ]
KILEY, J [1 ]
BALL, R [1 ]
CHANG, C [1 ]
CHEN, KW [1 ]
GHODS, M [1 ]
HANSEN, S [1 ]
KOTLEWSKI, A [1 ]
LITT, L [1 ]
SCHEWE, PF [1 ]
VANGINNEKEN, A [1 ]
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[1] FERMI NATL ACCELERATOR LAB,BATAVIA,IL 60510
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1551
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O4 [物理学];
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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. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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