Measurement of negatively charged pion spectra in inelastic p+p interactions at $$p_{\mathbf {lab}}= $$ p lab = 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c

Measurement of negatively charged pion spectra in inelastic p+p interactions at $$p_{\mathbf {lab}}= $$ p lab = 20, 31, 40, 80 and 158 GeV/c