INVESTIGATION OF THE BREAKUP OF A TARGET NUCLEUS IN NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS AT AN INCIDENT MOMENTUM OF 4.2 GEV C PER NUCLEON/

Authors
BONDARENKO AI BONDARENKO RA KLADNITSKAYA EN
Citation
Ai. Bondarenko et al., INVESTIGATION OF THE BREAKUP OF A TARGET NUCLEUS IN NUCLEUS-NUCLEUS COLLISIONS AT AN INCIDENT MOMENTUM OF 4.2 GEV C PER NUCLEON/, Physics of atomic nuclei, 60(11), 1997, pp. 1833-1842
Citations number
22
Journal title
Physics of atomic nuclei → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637788
Volume
60
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1833 - 1842
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7788(1997)60:11<1833:IOTBOA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Carbon nucleus breakup induced by incident protons, deuterons, a parti cles, and carbon nuclei with a momentum of 4.2 GeV/c per nucleon is in vestigated. The mean multiplicities, emission angles, and momentum cha racteristics of secondary particles are measured as functions of the a tomic weight of the projectile nucleus. These data are compared with t he features of inelastic pC, dC, alpha C, and CC collisions. At least two mechanisms of nucleus-nucleus interactions-the nuclear cascade and the evaporation of target fragments-are found to contribute to the br eakup of carbon nuclei.