1. Pseudorapidity configurations in collisions between gold nuclei and track-emulsion nuclei
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V. V. Lugovoi, V. M. Chudakov, V. S. Navotny, S. I. Zhokhova, and K. G. Gulamov
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Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,Particle properties ,Nuclear Theory ,Theoretical models ,Invariant (physics) ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,Spectral line ,Nuclear physics ,Stars ,Pseudorapidity ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Nuclear Experiment ,Nucleon ,Randomness - Abstract
A method of parametrically invariant quantities is developed for studying pseudorapidity configurations in nucleus-nucleus collisions involving a large number of secondary particles. In simple models where the spectrum of pseudorapidities depends on three parameters, the shape of the spectrum may differ strongly from the shape of pseudorapidity configurations in individual events. Pseudorapidity configurations in collisions between gold nuclei of energy 10.6 GeV per nucleon and track-emulsion nuclei are contrasted against those in random stars calculated theoretically. An investigation of pseudorapidity configurations in individual events is an efficient method for verifying theoretical models.
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- 2010
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