Published November 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Charged particle multiplicities in π-, K- and anti p interactions with nuclei at 40 GeV/c

  • 1. AN Kazakhskoj SSR, Alma-Ata. Inst. Fiziki Vysokikh Ehnergij
  • 2. Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, Berlin-Zeuthen. Inst. fuer Hochenergiephysik
  • 3. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. Central Research Inst. for Physics
  • 4. Joint Inst. for Nuclear Research, Dubna (USSR). Lab. of Nuclear Problems
  • 5. Karlova Univ., Prague (Czechoslovakia). Nuclear Center
  • 6. Karlova Univ., Prague (Czechoslovakia). Inst. of Physics
  • 7. AN Gruzinskoj SSR, Tbilisi. Inst. Fiziki
  • 8. Warsaw Univ. (Poland). Inst. Fizyki Doswiadczalnej

Description

Interactions of 40 GeV/c π-, K- and anti p on Li, C, S, Cu, CsI and Pb were studied with the RISK-streamer chamber spectrometer. We present multiplicities of negatively charged particles, as well as of protons, and the correlations between them. The normalized mean multiplicity of negative particles, R-, depends on anti ν, the average number of inelastic collisions as R-=(0.73+-0.04)+(0.34+-0.02)anti ν. The dependence of the normalized dispersion of negative particles, D-/, on the number of protons favours independent collision models and contradicts the coherent tube picture. The excess of fast positive particles behaves as Asup(0.4) and shows, for the heavier nuclei, a clear correlation with identified protons. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Z. Phys., C
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
1
Series
CODEN: ZPCFD.;Z. Phys., C.
Journal Page Range
43-52
ISSN
0170-9739

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Collaborations
RISK Collaboration.