A study of the energy dependence for the multiplicity of shower particles produced in a 16O–emulsion interaction in the framework of the Coulomb-modified Glauber model

Abstract

The total reaction cross sections for the interaction of 16O with emulsion nuclei (16O–Em) at energies: 0.2, 2.1, 3.6, 14.6, 60.0, and 200.0A GeV have been calculated in the framework of the Coulomb-modified Glauber model. A similar calculation in case of proton–emulsion (p–Em) interactions is carried out at the same energies. For both types of interactions, the corresponding projectile and target participants beside the corresponding binary collisions have been calculated for the same energies. Then the averages of these quantities have been obtained. These averages have been used in the calculations of the corresponding average multiplicity of the shower particles (s-particles) in the case of the 16O–Em interaction. The agreement between the calculated total reaction cross sections and the corresponding experimental data is quite good. Also, a good agreement between the calculated average multiplicities of the shower particles and the corresponding experimental data has been obtained.PACS Nos.: 24.10.Cn, 24.10.Ht, 25.60.Dz