2859659 20230602233727.0 oai:cds.cern.ch:2859659 cerncds:FULLTEXT cerncds:CERN:FULLTEXT cerncds:CERN CERN-EP-2023-101 eng CERN-EP-DRAFT-NA61-2023-003 Adhikary, H NA61/SHINE Collaboration The NA61 collaboration Measurements of $\pi^+$, $\pi^-$, $p$, $\bar{p}$, $K^+$ and $K^-$ production in 120 GeV/$c$ p + C interactions 2023 CERN Geneva 24 May 2023 28 cds-edboard-na61@cern.ch cds-edboard-na61 [CERN] cds-ph-ep-publications-referee-non-lhc [CERN] This paper presents multiplicity measurements of charged hadrons produced in 120 GeV/$c$ proton-carbon interactions. The measurements were made using data collected at the NA61/SHINE experiment during two different data-taking periods, with increased phase space coverage in the second configuration due to the addition of new subdetectors. Particle identification via $dE/dx$ was employed to obtain double-differential production multiplicities of $\pi^+$, $\pi^-$, $p$, $\bar{p}$, $K^+$ and $K^-$ These measurements are presented as a function of laboratory momentum in intervals of laboratory polar angle covering the range from 0 to 450 mrad. They provide crucial inputs for current and future long-baseline neutrino experiments, where they are used to estimate the initial neutrino flux. Preprint CC-BY-4.0 Preprint CERN 2023 Public comments CERN EDS SzGeCERN Particle Physics - Experiment QCD CERN global features CERN experimental results CERN hadron spectra, p+C at 120 GeV/c, NA61/SHINE, SPS, CERN CERN CERN PREPRINT CERN SPS NA61 PH Phys. Rev. D 2456496 10181015 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2859659/files/CERN-EP-2023-101.pdf 2454634 10181015 http://cds.cern.ch/record/2859659/files/CERN-EP-DRAFT-NA61-2023-003 - draft.pdf Draft (restricted) marek.gazdzicki@cern.ch Approval requested for number CERN-EP-2023-101 CERN-EP-2023-101 EPPHAPP 2023-05-24 11:37:37 2023-05-31 11:37:37 skip stamping marek.gazdzicki@cern.ch waiting Document approved CERN-EP-2023-101 EPPHAPP 2023-05-30 10:02:37 richard.hawkings@cern.ch approved n 202321 NA61_Papers PREPRINT