Study of the inclusive reaction Mg + Mg ---> pi- + X at a momentum of 4.3-GeV/c per incident nucleon

Chkhaidze, L. ; Dzhobava, T. ; Kharkhelauri, L. ; et al.
J.Phys.G 22 (1996) 641-651, 1996.
Inspire Record 431133 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.43780

A detailed study of pion production in central Mg - Mg collisions at a momentum of 4.3 GeV/c per incident nucleon was carried out using the GIBS set-up. It has been shown that the dependence of the average kinematical characteristics ( and ) of mesons on multiplicity differs from that for NN collisions at the same energy, which is due to nuclear effects. The temperatures of mesons have been estimated using two different selection criteria: in the rapidity interval and at angles in the CMS. A satisfactory fit for mesons can be achieved by using a form involving two temperatures and . The relative yield of the high-temperature component is . The results obtained by the intranuclear cascade model CASIMIR coincide with the experimental data estimated with both methods. From the analysis of angular distributions of mesons the anisotropy coefficient a was obtained. The anisotropy coefficient increases linearly with the kinetic energy (in the CMS). CASIMIR reproduces the increase of a with , but the slope is less steep than from experimental results.

2 data tables

The average kinematical characteristics of the PI- production.

The mean YRAP and its dispersion in various PT intervals.