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- From: rsf1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Robert S. Fritzius)
- Subject: Hadron jets
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:14:09 GMT
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- The following propuzzle is inspired by the Jacob and Landshoff article,
- "The Inner Structure of the Proton," Scientific American, March 1980.
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- Suppose our job is to slam 30 GeV protons head-on into other 30 GeV
- protons, but every now and then a nitrogen or an oxygen nucleus happens
- to drift right into the path of one of the kamikaze protons. KaBam!
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- Might we not expect to see a shower of hadrons, spawned by the rude
- and violent dismantling of that hapless nucleus? If so, can we
- easily discriminate that shower from those brought about by the
- desired proton-proton collisions?
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