Abstract
The results of two sets of transverse energy measurements, performed with incident proton beams of 200 and 450 GeV/c momentum on several nuclear targets, are presented. The transverse energy cross sections dσ/d ET are measured in a pseudorapidity range including the target fragmentation region (-0.1<η<2.9) for both data sets and also in a nearly complete pseudorapidity coverage (-0.1<η<5.5) for the data taken at 200 GeV/c incident momentum. A comparison is made of the transverse energy distributions in the target fragmentation region and in the full η region. We find that the mean value of pseudorapidity of the d ET/dη distributions shifts towards the target fragmentation region as the atomic mass number of the target increases or a selection of high transverse energy events is made. A parametrization based on a simple geometrical nucleonnucleon scattering approach was found to be inadequate to describe all features of the transverse energy distributions. Finally, the VENUS model is compared with the experimental data.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 239-249 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal C |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1993 |
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Transverse energy measurements in proton-nucleus interactions at high energy'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Author
- BIBTEX
- Harvard
- Standard
- RIS
- Vancouver