Target fragmentation at ultrarelativistic energies

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(87)91689-3

Physics Letters B

Volume 193, Issue 4, 23 July 1987, Pages 417-421

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Abstract

We have used 200 GeV/u and 60 GeV/u oxygen beams accelerated at CERN to bombard a 1.5 mg/cm² Au target. Light nuclei have been detected at 25° and 55° using silicon telescopes. Their inclusive mass distribution follows an exponential behaviour at 200 GeV/u but is different at 60 GeV/u. In this latter case the situation is similar to what has been observed at lower bombarding energies with heavy ions, and for high energy proton-induced reactions. The results at 200 GeV/u are, however, different from those observed in proton-induced reactions in the same energy domain.

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Target fragmentation at ultrarelativistic energies

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