The Transverse Energy Distributions of S Nucleus Collisions at 200-{GeV} Per Nucleon
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- Phys.Lett.B 214 (1988) 295-302
- Published: 1988
Report number:
- CERN-EP-88-121
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Transverse-energy distributions have been measured for the collisions of the 32 S nucleus with Al, Ag, W, Pt, Pb, and U target nuclei, at an incident energy of 200 GeV per nucleon. The shapes of these distribution reflect the geometry of the collisions, including the deformation effects. For central collisions, the transverse-energy production in the region −0.1< η lab <2.9 increases approximately as A 0.5 , where A is the atomic mass number of the target. This increase is accompanied by a relative depletion in the forward region η lab > 2.9. These results are compared with those obtained under similar conditions with incident 16 O nuclei. A comparison is also made with the predictions of a Monte Carlo generator based on the dual parton model. Finally, we give estimates of the energy density reached and its dependence on the atomic mass number of the projectile.- NUCLEUS NUCLEUS: NUCLEAR REACTION
- SCATTERING: HEAVY ION
- HEAVY ION: SCATTERING
- SULFUR
- NUCLEAR REACTION: CENTRAL REGION
- DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION: TRANSVERSE ENERGY
- TRANSVERSE ENERGY: DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION
- DEPENDENCE: RAPIDITY
- DEPENDENCE: MASS NUMBER
- MASS NUMBER: DEPENDENCE
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