Inelastic diffractive scattering at energies of 140 to 175 GeV. [Differential cross sections]

Inelastic differential cross sections have been measured for p, p, and p+-p at 140- and 175- GeV/c incident momentum over a mod t range from 0.05 to 0.6 GeV/sup 2/ and covering a missing-mass region from 2.4 to 9 GeV/sup 2/. For M/sub x//sup 2/ greater than 4 GeV/sup 2/, the invariant quantity M/sub x//sup 2/d/sup 2/sigma/dtdM/sub x//sup 2/ was found to be independent of M/sub x//sup 2/ at fixed t and could be adeuately described by a simple triple-Pomeron form. The values obtained for the triple-Pomeron couplings are identical within statistics for all channels. (AIP)