Glauber theory interpretation of proton-deuteron scattering data at 24.0 GeV/c

The momentum-loss spectra of near forward scattered protons on deuterons measured by Amaldi et al. (ibid., vol. B39, 39, 1972) have been interpreted using an improved version of the multiple scattering theory presented previously (abstr. A54689 of 1971). All qualitative features of the spectra are reproduced over a range of 9 decades in the double differential cross section. The conclusion of Amaldi et al. that the p-p and p-n differential elastic cross sections are very similar is supported. An indication is found for a difference in the hadronic production cross section, the p-n cross section being roughly only 60% of the p-p cross section for the invariant mass squared range 1.0<M*/sup 2/<2.0 (GeV)/sup 2/ and for the four-momentum transfer squared range 1.4<q/sup 2/<6 (GeV/c)/sup 2/. (7 refs).