pi+ p Interactions at 250-GeV/c in improved FNAL 30 inch hybrid system

We propose to utilize the excellent momentum resolution, increased angular acceptance, and neutral particle detection capabilities of the improved FNAL 30' hybrid bubble chamber system to study interaction of 250 GeV/c {pi}{sup +} mesons in an enriched {pi}{sup +(l)} beam. We will examine leading particle effects and diffraction dissociation, long and short range correlations, inclusive single particle and resonance production, strange particle production, and systematics of events with forward {pi}{sup 0} and {eta}{sup 0}. Comparison with Experiment 299 results and a proposed experiment at 75 GeV/c will permit determination of general energy dependence of these effects, particularly leading particle cross section where-good resolution near x = 1 is essential to test carefully model dependent predictions of leading particle cross sections