Additive quark model of multiparticle production and nucleus-nucleus collisions at high energies

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.25.2328· OSTI ID:5195273

Bialas, A; Czyz, W; Lesniak, L

An extension of the additive quark model of hadron-hadron and hadron-nucleus collisions to the case of nucleus-nucleus interactions at very high energies is presented. Estimates are given of the number of ''wounded'' and spectator quarks, and of the number of colored strings spanned between interacting nuclei. These estimates indicate the possibility of a rich structure of the spectra of produced particles and an increase (relative to the nucleon-nucleon case) of multiplicities up to a factor approx. 50 in collisions of heavy nuclei.

• Research Organization: Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059, Cracow, Poland
• OSTI ID: 5195273
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 25:9; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

645200* -- High Energy Physics-- Particle Interactions & Properties-Theoretical
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FRAGMENTATION
HADRON-HADRON INTERACTIONS
INTERACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MULTIPLE PRODUCTION
MULTIPLICITY
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUARK MODEL
QUARKS