Below-threshold and near-threshold production of antiprotons in collisions with nuclei
Lepikhin Yu. B. , Smirnitskii V. A., Sheinkman V. A.
Measurements of the inclusive cross section E{d ъа/й ър) for the production of antiprotons in proton-nucleus collisions are reported. The results show that most of the antiprotons are produced in direct reactions at a kinetic energy > 4.5 GeV of the accelerated protons. Estimates of the numbers of twoand three-nucleon clusters in Be, Al, and Cu nuclei are reported.