Pseudorapidity distributions of fast target protons in 32S-Em collisions at Dubna energy

Abstract

In this paper, the possible mechanisms, which are responsible for the production of fast target fragments (gray particles with energy 26 up to 400[Formula: see text]MeV) that were emitted from the interactions of [Formula: see text]S nucleus with emulsion nuclei at energy 3.7[Formula: see text]A[Formula: see text]GeV, are studied by the pseudorapidity distribution. The angular distribution of the fast protons ([Formula: see text]-particles) emitted in the interactions of [Formula: see text]S-Em at 3.7[Formula: see text]A[Formula: see text]GeV is nicely described by exp (0.96 cos [Formula: see text], which was observed in proton-induced interactions up to incident energies of 800[Formula: see text]GeV. The pseudorapidity distributions of the produced [Formula: see text]-particles were investigated in order to study the characteristics of the emitted system of [Formula: see text]-particles for different target sizes (CNO, Em and AgBr groups of events). In all cases, the pseudorapidity distributions were parametrized using Gaussian fits. The temperature of the system emitting [Formula: see text]-particles (hot system) is predicated in the light of the proposed statistical model to be [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]MeV.