Muon-Proton Inelastic Scattering,|q2|Less than 1.2(GeV/c)2

Abstract

The inelastic scattering of muons has been measured using positive muons of momentum 10 GeV/c incident upon a liquid-hydrogen target. We present values of the differential cross section and of the virtual photon-photon absorption cross section for $\mathrm{}\left|q\right|\mathrm{}$ in the range 0.05 to 1.2 ${(\mathrm{G}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{V}/\mathit{c})}^2$ and for equivalent photon laboratory energies of 0.6 to 6.5 GeV.