Comments on TPC and RPC calibrations reported by the HARP Collaboration
arXiv:0711.2216 · doi:10.1088/1748-0221/3/01/P01002
Abstract
The HARP Collaboration recently published calibrations of their TPC and RPC detectors, and differential cross-sections of large-angle pion production in proton-nucleus collisions. We argue that these calibrations are biased and cross-sections based on them should not be trusted.
17 pages, 13 figures
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