Central collisions of 800-GeV protons with Ag/Br nuclei in nuclear emulsion

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1989

Abstract

Central collisions of 800-GeV protons with the heavy components of nuclear emulsion, Ag107 and Br80, have been investigated to determine the characteristics of small-impact-parameter collisions and, by comparison with the analysis of inclusive proton-emulsion inelastic interactions and inelastic proton-nucleon collisions, to study the dependence of the interaction process on the mean number of intranuclear collisions . The data are also compared with the results obtained in proton-emulsion collisions, both central and inclusive, at 200 GeV. The variations in the secondary-particle multiplicities and the normalized pseudorapidity density correlate with and demonstrate that proton-nucleus interactions, both central and inclusive, can be described adequately by the incoherent superposition of proton-nucleon collisions. © 1989 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review D

First Page

86

Last Page

91

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