High momentum nucleons from relativistic nuclear collisions

A hard-scattering mechanism is proposed to describe proton and pion spectra from high-energy nuclear collisions. Results of a parameter-free model using free nucleon-nucleon cross sections and the empirical momentum distribution for nucleons within the nuclei are compared with data from C + C, Ne +...

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Published inPhysics letters. B Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
Main Authors Hatch, R.L., Koonin, S.E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.01.1979
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Summary:A hard-scattering mechanism is proposed to describe proton and pion spectra from high-energy nuclear collisions. Results of a parameter-free model using free nucleon-nucleon cross sections and the empirical momentum distribution for nucleons within the nuclei are compared with data from C + C, Ne + NaF, and C + Pb collisions at 800 MeV/nucleon.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90701-9