Searching for the properties of nuclear matter using proton-carbon and deuteron-carbon collisions at 4.2 a gev/c

TL;DR

This study investigates nuclear matter properties through proton-carbon and deuteron-carbon collisions at 4.2 A GeV/c, analyzing nuclear transparency effects and comparing results with a cascade model to understand underlying nuclear interactions.

Contribution

It introduces the use of nuclear transparency effects in proton and deuteron collisions at 4.2 A GeV/c to probe nuclear matter states, supported by experimental data and model comparison.

Findings

Evidence of transparency effects in proton and deuteron interactions.

Leading particle effects contribute to observed transparency.

Short-range correlations and scaling laws may influence transparency observations.

Abstract

The present work reports the use of nuclear transparency effect of protons in proton and deuteron carbon interactions at 4.2 A GeV/c to get information about the states of nuclear matter. The half angle technique is used to extract the information on nuclear transparency. The results are compared with Dubna version of Cascade model. The average values of multiplicity, momentum and transverse momentum of protons are analyzed as a function of the number of identified protons in an event. We observed some evidence and trends in the data which could be considered as transparency effect. Analysis of the results shows that the leading effect is the basis of the observed transparency. Some contribution to the observed effect could be the existing short range correlations and the scaling power law s^-N, for exclusive two body hard scattering.