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Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 571–574 (1976)

Dimuon Production on Nuclear Targets

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M. Binkley, I. Gaines, J. Peoples, B. Knapp, W. Lee, P. Leung, S. D. Smith, A. Wijangco, J. Knauer, J. Bronstein, R. Coleman, G. Gladding, M. Goodman, M. Gormley, R. Messner, T. O'Halloran, J. Sarracino, and A. Wattenberg*,†,†,*
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, and Columbia University, Irvington-on-Hudson, New York 10533, and University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, and University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Received 17 May 1976; published in the issue dated 6 September 1976

We have measured the production of ρ+ω and J vector mesons, through their dimuon decay modes, by high-energy neutrons on nuclear targets at Fermilab. We determined the A dependence to be A0.62±0.03 for ρ+ω, A0.93±0.04 for J, and A0.85±0.05 for the continuum of dimuons between the ρ+ω and J masses.

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*Supported by the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration.

†Supported by the National Science Foundation.

 
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