Some Aspects of Multiparticle Production in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

M. I. Haque, M. Tariq, Hushnud Jahan, Tahir Hussain

Department of Applied Physics, AMU, Aligarh, India.
Department of Kulliyat, AK Tibbiya College, AMU, Aligarh, India.
Department of Physics, AMU, Aligarh, India.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2014.514136                

Abstract

An attempt is made to study various types of multiplicity distributions and multiplicity correlations amongst secondary charged particles produced in 4.5 and 14.5 A GeV/c ²⁸Si-nucleus interactions. The results reveal that multiplicity correlations of the type , where i, j = b, g, s and h with i ≠ j, are linear. The observed multiplicity correlations are nicely fitted by the method of least squares fitting of the type, = b + an_i. Furthermore, the multiplicity distributions of relativistic charged particles and compound multiplicity at 4.5 A GeV/c are nicely fitted by Poisson distributions with peaks at relatively lower multiplicities. However, in the case of multiplicity distributions of various types of secondary charged particles produced in 14.5 A GeV/c ²⁸Si-nucleus collisions definite trends are not discernible.

Keywords

Line Scanning, Multiplicity, Correlations, Negative Binomial Distribution

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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