Abstract

Differential cross sections for the neutron-proton bremsstrahlung (np → npγ) and pion production (np → npπ0 and np → ppπ-) processes have been measured for the first time at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center. A pulsed neutron beam, produced by 800 MeV protons incident on a tungsten spallation target, bombarded a liquid hydrogen target. The outgoing neutrons and protons (in the first two reactions) or pairs of protons (in the third reaction) were observed in coincidence in organic liquid or plastic and CsI(pure) detectors at angles between 12° and 32° on opposite sides of the beam. For each pair of nucleon angles, the angular distribution of the unobserved photons or pions was deduced from the data.

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