A study of backward going p and π− in interactions with the NOMAD detector

Abstract Backwardproton and π − production has been studied in ν μ CC interactions with carbon nuclei. Detailed analyses of the momentum distributions, of the production rates, and of the general features of events with a backwardgoing particle, have been carried out in order to understand the mechanism producing these particles. The backwardproton data have been compared with the predictions of the reinteraction and the short range correlation models.