Determination of the number of wounded nucleons in Pb + Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c

Authors
Antinori, F Badala, A Bakke, H Barbera, R Beker, H Beusch, W Bloodworth, IJ Botje, M Caliandro, R Campbell, M Cantatore, E Carena, W Carrer, N de Haas, AP Di Bari, D Di Liberto, S Divia, R Elia, D Evans, D Fanebust, K Fedorisin, J Feofilov, GA Fini, RA Ftacnik, J Ghidini, B Grella, G Gulino, M Helstrup, H Holme, AK Huss, D Jacholkowski, A Jones, GT Jovanovic, P Jusko, A Kamermans, R Kinson, JB Klempt, W Knudson, K Kocper, B Kolojvari, AA Kralik, I Kuijer, P Lenti, V Lietava, R Loconsole, RA Lovhoiden, G Luptak, M Manzari, V Mazzoni, MA Martinska, G Meddi, F Michalon, A Michalon-Mentzer, ME Morando, M Nappi, E Navach, F Norman, PI Palmeri, A Pappalardo, GS Pastircak, B Pellegrini, F Piska, K Pisut, J Pisutova, N Posa, F Quercigh, E Riggi, F Romano, G Safarik, K Sandor, L Schillings, E Segato, G Sene, M Sene, R Snoeys, W Staroba, P Stolyarov, OI Thompson, M Thorsteinsen, TF Tomasicchio, G Torrieri, GD Tsimbal, FA Tulina, TA Tveter, TS Urban, J Valiev, FF van den Brink, A van de Ven, P Vande Vyvre, P van Eijndhoven, N Vannucci, L Vascotto, A Baillie, OV Vinogradov, I Virgili, T Votruba, MF Vrlakova, J Zavada, P
Citation
F. Antinori et al., Determination of the number of wounded nucleons in Pb + Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c, NUCL PHYS A, 661, 1999, pp. 357C-361C
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
ISSN journal
03759474 → ACNP
Volume
661
Year of publication
1999
Pages
357C - 361C
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(199912)661:<357C:DOTNOW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The charged particle multiplicity distributions measured with the WA97 and the NA57 multiplicity detectors in Pb + Pb collisions at 158 A GeV/c have b een analyzed in the framework of the Wounded Nucleon Model (WNM). We obtain a good description of the data within the centrality range of our samples. This allows us to make use of the measured multiplicities tc, estimate the number of wounded nucleons of the collision.