Production of High Transverse Energy Events in p - Nucleus Collisions at 400-GeV/c

High-transverse-energy events produced in pp collisions at 400 GeV/c were studied using the large-acceptance Fermilab multiparticle spectrometer. The cross sections for such interactions exhibit an exponential dependence on transverse energy with values of the slope increasing with the decreasing azimuthal acceptance of the trigger. The majority of events selected with full azimuthal acceptance are nonplanar; hence they do not show jet-like event structure. The fraction of planar events is small and remains constant as a function of transverse energy.