Total cross-section measurements with pi-, Sigma- and protons on nuclei and nucleons around 600-GeV/c

Total cross sections for Sigma(-) and pi(-) on beryllium, carbon, polyethylene and copper as well as total cross sections for protons on beryllium and carbon have been measured in a broad momentum range around 600 GeV/c. These measurements were performed with a transmission technique in the SELEX hyperon-beam experiment at Fermilab. We report on results obtained for hadron-nucleus cross sections and on results for sigma(tot)(Sigma(-)N) and sigma(tot)(pi(-)N), which were deduced from nuclear cross sections. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.