Production of Helium Projectile Fragments in 16O-Emulsion Collisions at 60 A GeV

Production of helium projectile fragments in ¹⁶O-emulsion interactions at 60 A GeV is investigated. The total charge changing and partial production cross-sections are measured experimentally on the basis of helium multiplicity. The multiplicity distribution of helium projectile fragments obeys a KNO scaling. In the peripheral collision of ¹⁶O at 60 A GeV in nuclear emulsion, the production of target fragments depends on the multiplicity of helium projectile fragments linearly. The averge multiplicity of target fragments decreases with the increasing of the number of helium projectile fragments which can be well expliained by the model of participant-spectator (the nuclear geometric model) of nucleus-nucleus interactions.     

Fragmentation in ^16 O-emulsion interactions at 3.7 A GeV

The topology of ¹⁶O fragmentation at 3.7 A GeV in reactions with emulsion nuclei is presented. The multiplicity distributions of projectile fragments,charged secondaries and their dependences on the projectile residues are discussed.     

Fragmentation of ^16O nuclei in nuclear emulsion

We present the topology of 16O fragmentation at 60A GeV in reactions with emulsion nuclei.We discuss the multiplicity distributions of projectile fragments.charged secondaries and their dependence on the target residues.     

The breakup of 16O into He: An event-by-event study of nucleus-nucleus collisions at 75, 175 and 2000 MeV/A

We present an event-by-event study of the breakup of the ¹⁶O in ¹⁶O + emulsion nucleus interactions at 75, 175 and 2000 MeV/A. The events are categorized according to their multiplicity of projectile He nuclei. The multiplicity depends on the degree of target destruction. Although the fragmentation model describes the gross features of inclusive He spectra, an event-by-event study reveals deviations from the model. The momenta of the He nuclei, emitted from the projectile, depend on helium multiplicity and the breakup properties of the target nucleus. The probability that the ¹⁶O projectile breaks up into multiple He fragments is larger at 75 MeV/A than at 2000 MeV/A. At 75 MeV/A the mean velocity of projectile He is on the average 0.06c below the projectile velocity. This recoil velocity depends on the target nucleus destruction also for the most peripheral collisions.     

Multiplicity characteristics in relativistic 24Mg-nucleus collisions

This work is concerned with the analyses of the shower and gray particle production in 4.5 A GeV/c ²⁴Mg collision with emulsion nuclei. The highest particle production occurs in the region of the low impact parameters. While the multiplicity of the shower particles emitted in the forward direction depends on the projectile mass number and energy, the multiplicity of the backward ones shows a limiting behaviour. The source of the emission of the forward shower particles is completely different from that of the backward ones. The target fragments are produced in a thermalized system of emission.     

Fast helium production in interactions of 3.7 A GeV <Superscript>24</Superscript>Mg with emulsion nuclei

We have studied the properties of the relativistic helium fragments emitted from the projectile in the interactions of ²⁴Mg ions accelerated at an energy of 3.7 A GeV with emulsion nuclei. The total, partial nuclear cross-sections and production rates of helium fragmentation channels in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions and their dependence on the mass and energy of the incident projectile nucleus are investigated. The yields of multiple helium projectile fragments disrupted from the interactions of ²⁴Mg projectile nuclei with hydrogen H, light CNO and heavy AgBr groups of target emulsion nuclei are discussed and they indicate that the breakup mechanism of the projectile seems to be independent of the target mass. Limiting fragmentation behavior of fast-moving helium fragments is observed in both the projectile and target nuclei. The multiplicity distributions of helium projectile fragments emitted in the interactions of ²⁴Mg projectile nuclei with the different target nuclei of the emulsion are well described by the KNO scaling presentation. The mean multiplicities of the different charged secondary particles, normally defined shower, grey and black ( n_s, n_g and n_b) emitted in the interactions of 3.7 A GeV ²⁴Mg with the different groups of emulsion nuclei at different ranges of projectile fragments are decreasing when the number of He fragments stripped from projectile increases. These values of n_i ( i = s, g, b and h particles) in the events where the emission of fast helium fragments were accompanied by heavy fragments having Z 3 seem to be constant as the He multiplicity increases, and exhibit a behavior independent of the He multiplicity.     

Two source emission behavior of projectile fragments alpha in 84Kr interactions at around 1 GeV per nucleon

The emission of projectile fragments alpha has been studied in ⁸⁴Kr interactions with nuclei of the nuclear emulsion detector composition at relativistic energy below 2 GeV per nucleon. The angular distribution of projectile fragments alpha in terms of transverse momentum could not be explained by a straight and clean-cut collision geometry hypothesis of Participant — Spectator (PS) Model. Therefore, it is assumed that projectile fragments alpha were produced from two separate sources that belong to the projectile spectator region differing drastically in their temperatures. It has been clearly observed that the emission of projectile fragments alpha are from two different sources. The contribution of projectile fragments alpha from contact layer or hot source is a few percent of the total emission of projectile fragments alphas. Most of the projectile fragments alphas are emitted from the cold source.     

60AGeV 16 O诱发乳胶核反应α射弹碎片发射研究

对60AGeV^16O诱发乳胶核反应射弹α碎片的发射进行了研究，得到α射弹碎片多重数分布服从KNO标度无关性。在边缘作用下，α射弹碎片的产生与靶核碎片的产生存在线性关联，靶核碎片平均多重数随α射弹碎片数的增加线性减小，它可以很好地利用核作用几何模型来解释。     

Production of helium projectile fragments in {16O－emulsion interactions at 4.5 A GeV/c

The measurements of partial production cross sections of the multiple helium projectile fragments emitted at 4.5 A GeV/c {}^{16}O－Em interactions are reported. We have studied the production rate of helium projectile fragments due to fragmentation of {}^{16}O ions and compared it with that obtained from different projectiles at various energies. The dependence of on the mass number of the incident beams is formulated. The multiplicity distributions of the helium fragments produced in {}^{16}O－Em interactions at different energies exhibit Koba－Nielson－Olesen (KNO) scaling. The correlation of helium projectile fragments and target fragments is also investigated and it is found that the average of target fragments is increased with the decrease of the number of helium fragments in peripheral interactions.     

Electromagnetic dissociation of 3.7 A GeV^16O in nuclear emulsion

The electromagnetic dissociation (ED) of 3.7 A GeV {}^{16}O in nuclear emulsion is investigated with high statistics. It is found that the electromagnetically dissociated cross section increases with increasing beam energy, the charge distribution of projectile fragments is the same as the results at 60 and 200 A GeV, and the production probability of projectile fragments with charge 3≤Z≤5 is less than that of the other projectile fragments. These results can be well explained by use of Weizsacker and Williams method for calculating the ED contributions. The percentile abundance of various decay modes for ED at 3.7 A GeV is close to the result at 60 and 200 A GeV, but it is different from the result at 14.6 A GeV. The ED of 3.7 A GeV is mainly caused by the giant dipole and quadrupole resonance of E1 and E2, which can be qualitatively explained by the multiplicity distribution of projectile proton in ED. The multiplicity distribution of the α fragments in ED and nuclear events have different functional forms. This difference may be a consequence of the different reaction mechanism involved.     

Study of emission characteristics of the projectile fragments produced in the interaction of 84Kr36 with nuclear emulsion detector at 1 GeV

This article is focused on the characteristics of the projectile fragments of charge 1 ≤ Z ≤ 10 produced in the interaction of the ⁸⁴Kr₃₆ with nuclear emulsion detector at 1 GeV per nucleon. We have studied the average charge distribution and multiplicity distribution of the projectile fragments having charge 1 ≤ Z ≤ 10. We have also studied the emission behavior of various projectile fragments produced from the interaction with different target groups of nuclear emulsion detector. From this study we have observed that the emission of projectile fragments is strongly dependent on the interaction with different type of the target groups of nuclear emulsion detector as well as on the mass of the projectile beam. The results are compared with other experimental observations carried out at relativistic energy and found to be consistent.     

Multiplicity of secondary particles and fragmentation in nuclear interactions of22Ne and32S nuclei with emulsion at (4.1–4.5)A GeV/c

The interactions of 4.1AGeV/c ²²Ne and 4.5AGeV/c ³²S nuclei with emulsion have been studied and the dependence of the average multiplicities of the emitted secondary charged particles and the interacting projectile nucleons on the impact parameters have been investigated. The behavior of the Koba-Neilsen-Olesen (KNO) scaling formula of the multiplicity distributions produced due to the interactions of²²Ne and³²S at the energies mentioned above is satisfied by all target protons. The multiplicity distributions of the emitted⁴He fragments and the fragmentation cross-section relative to the inelastic cross-section have been investigated and give a⁴He-fragments yield which is always ten times greater than the yield of any other fragments. The dependence of the normalized mean multiplicity and the reduced multiplicity on the mass of the projectile and target nucleus can be described by a power law.     

Momentum transfer in 30–200 MeV 4H induced reaction with 59Co

Thick-target recoil ranges of radioactive nuclei produced in 30–200 MeV alpha-particle bombardment of ⁵⁹Co have been used to deduce the longitudinal momentum transfer per projectile nucleon (p₆/A) as a function of residue mass and bombarding energy. The average value of p₆/A increases monotonically with bombarding energy and reaches a maximum value of ≈ 160 MeV/c at ≈ 23 MeV/u, and decreases thereafter. The maximum value of p₆/A is equal to the incident momentum up to ≈ 23 MeV/u and saturates at a value of ≈ 220 MeV/c beyond this energy.     

60 A GeV16O原子核在核乳胶中的电磁离解

对60 A GeV¹⁶O在原子核乳胶中的电磁离解现象首次进行了高统计的研究,得到电磁离解截面随束流能量的增加而增加,射弹碎片电荷分布和200 A GeV¹⁶O在 乳胶中电磁离解的电荷分布一致,但电荷为3≤Z≤5的射弹碎片的发射概率低于200 A GeV能 区,这些特点和Weiszacker和Williams的经典电磁理论模型计算结果一致.60 A GeV¹⁶ O电磁离解下各反应道出现的概率和200 A GeV能区结果基本一致,但同14.6 关键词： 电磁离解 射弹碎片 碎裂     

Characteristics of alpha projectile fragments emission in interaction of nuclei with emulsion

The properties of the relativistic alpha fragments produced in interactions of ⁸⁴Kr at around 1 A GeV in nuclear emulsion are investigated. The experimental results are compared with the similar results obtained from various projectiles with emulsion interactions at different energies. The total, partial nuclear cross-sections and production rates of alpha fragmentation channels in relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions and their dependence on the mass number and initial energy of the incident projectile nucleus are investigated. The yields of multiple alpha fragments emitted from the interactions of projectile nuclei with the nuclei of light, medium and heavy target groups of emulsion-detector are discussed and they indicate that the projectile-breakup mechanism seems to be free from the target mass number. It is found that the multiplicity distributions of alpha fragments are well described by the Koba-Nielsen-Olesen (KNO) scaling presentation. The mean multiplicities of the freshly produced or newly created charged secondary particles, normally known as shower and secondary particles associated with target in the events where the emission of alpha fragments were accompanied by heavy projectile fragments having Z ≥ 3 seem to be constant as the alpha fragments multiplicity increases, and exhibit a behavior independent of the alpha fragments multiplicity.     

INTERACTION MEAN FREE PATH OF He PROJECTILE FRAGMENTS FROM 16O-EM COLLISION AT 60 A GeV

The interaction mean free path of He projectile fragments, produced by the collisions of ^{16O at 60 A GeV in a nuclear emulsion, has been investigated. In the present analysis, 1555 He projectile fragments, giving rise to 320 secondary interactions, have been used. At a level of 3% a very weak signal of anomalons is observed, which comes mainly from the 3×He channel.}     

Systematic study of projectile fragments in nucleus-nucleus collisions at 4.1-4.5 A GeV/c and multi-source thermal model

The multiplicity distributions of projectile fragments (PFs) produced in interactions of (⁴He, ¹²C, ¹⁶O, ²²Ne and ²⁸Si with emulsion (Em) at 4.1?C4.5 A GeV/c beam energies, and their dependence on target groups (H, CNO and AgBr) are presented and have been reproduced by using a multi-source thermal model. The dependence of the mean multiplicities on masses of projectile and target nuclei is investigated. The experimental results are compared with the corresponding ones from the theoretically calculated ones. The experimental results agree with theoretical calculations using the multi-source thermal model.     

Charged particle multiplicity distributions for 32 GeV/c K±p and pp interactions and for 50 GeV/c π±p interactions

Topological cross sections are presented for K⁺p, K^?p and $\text{p}\text{p}$ interations at 32 GeV/c and for π⁺p and π^?p interactions at 50 GeV/c observed in the 4.5 m Mirabelle hydrogen bubble chamber at Serpukhov. Parameters characterizing the behaviour of the multiplicity distributions, namely 〈n_c〉, D and f₂ and the normalized moments are given. The dependence of these parameters on the energy and the nature of the beam particle is discussed. The multiplicity distributions obtained cannot be described by a single function in the KNO variables.     

Evidence of Dynamical Fluctuation of Target Residues in Relativistic Nuclear Interaction at 14.5 AGeV

An analysis of data of target fragments of ²⁸Si-AgBr (at 14.5 AGeV) reveals the existence of emission asymmetry in the azimuthal plane, which is found to depend on the number of target fragments. The comparison with the data of ³²S-AgBr (at 200 AGeV) and ¹⁶O-AgBr (at 60 AGeV) interactions indicates that emission asymmetry depends on the projectile mass and energy.     

Hadronic interactions and cosmic radiation at energies above 105 GeV

A selection of results in particle physics is given from experiments with the cosmic radiation from about 1960 to December 1974. Mostly, the results are from interactions of energy greater than 10⁵ GeV. The topics covered are: a) variation of charged particle multiplicity with energy, b) rise in the p-p cross section with energy, c) rise in the NN production cross section with energy, d) the mean p_T and its distribution at energies from 10⁵ to 10⁸ GeV, e) the mass spectrum of ‘fireballs” and the transverse momenta of decay products in the fireball CMS, f) other emulsion chamber results including the event ‘Centauro’, g) the search and evidence for very massive, comparatively stable particles, h) interactions between 10¹⁷ and 10²¹ eV.