Streamer chamber study of the cross sections and multiplicities in nucleus-nucleus interactions at the incident momentum of 4.5 GeV/c per nucleon

The experimental data obtained with the SKM-200 streamer chamber set-up are presented. The cross-section values and multiplicity distributions of negative secondaries in the inelastic 12C interactions and in the central 12C and 16O collisions with pure nuclear targets (C, Ne, Si, Cu and Zr) are discussed. The results of this experiment and of the earlier ones concerning the 4He-nucleus interactions at the same incident momentum of 4.5 GeV/c are analyzed and compared with those of several other experiments and with the predictions of some theoretical models. (orig.)