Physics Department, University of Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Straße, D-5900, Siegen, Fed. Rep. Germany
Physics Department, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94177, USA
Abstract:
We measured the charge of about 35 000 projectile fragments with Z5e produced by 14.5 GeV/nucleon and 200 GeV/nucleon 16O beams in a Pb target using CR39 plastic nuclear track detectors. A minimum track length of 3 mm in the detector without nuclear interaction was required. No evidence for fragments carrying a fractional charge was found.