Dependence of the average transverse momentum on the multiplicities in nucleus-nucleus collisions

Journal Article · Mon Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.407· OSTI ID:6583460

Pajares, C; Ramallo, A V

It is shown that the value of /D is related to the increase of the average transverse momentum with increasing multiplicity. In this way, the rise is smaller for total nucleus-nucleus events than for p-barp events; however, this rise is very fast for central nucleus-nucleus collisions because of the large value of /D of such collisions. This effect could explain the large value of the average transverse momentum found in cosmic-ray events.

• Research Organization: Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• OSTI ID: 6583460
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 52:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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