Nuclear fragmentation in interactions of 3.7A GeV {sup 24}Mg projectiles with emulsion targets

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2004 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.70.014901· OSTI ID:20695606

Jilany, M A ^[1]

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1. Physics Department, Faculty of Science (Sohag), South Valley University, Sohag (Egypt)

The process of nuclear fragmentation in interactions of 3.7A GeV {sup 24}Mg nuclei with the different target nuclei in a nuclear emulsion have been investigated. The total charge distributions of nuclear fragments are well described by the predictions of the extended Glauber model. The multiplicity and charge distributions of fragments with Z{>=}5 in quasinucleon target events are found to agree satisfactorily with the calculations of the bond percolation model. The fragmentation of the projectile nucleus depends strongly on the target mass. The probability of interactions without any projectile fragments with charges Z>2 is zero for a hydrogen target, but increases by increasing the mass of the target. The disruption of a projectile nucleus is more severe in interactions with the heavy target nuclei than with the light ones. The topology for the nuclear fragmentation channels in interactions of the different projectiles with the different components of emulsion nuclei in the energy range 3.7-200A GeV was analyzed. The average multiplicities and the relative rates of nuclear fragmentation channels from the incident nuclei are almost the same for all projectiles at different energies, revealing that the modes of nuclear fragmentation are energy independent. The stripped processes with relativistic hydrogen and/or helium fragments are the dominant in all projectiles. Helium fragments are the most frequent among the multiple charged fragments and the fractional yield of nuclear fragmentation channels without projectile fragments heavier than helium fragments is about 27% of the total sample. The interactions in which the projectile nuclei break up into single charged particles only represent {approx_equal}14% of the total sample and are mostly due to central collisions in which the majority of projectile nucleons have participated in the first stage of the collisions.

• OSTI ID: 20695606
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 70; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGE DISTRIBUTION
CHARGED PARTICLES
GEV RANGE
GLAUBER THEORY
HELIUM
MAGNESIUM 24
MAGNESIUM 24 REACTIONS
MULTIPLICITY
NUCLEAR EMULSIONS
NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION
NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS
NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD
NUCLEONS
OPTICAL MODELS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
TOPOLOGY