Centrality of collisions and total disintegration of nuclei

TL;DR

This paper investigates how the total disintegration of nuclei correlates with collision centrality and energy flow of emitted particles in high-energy nuclear interactions, revealing that disintegration events are highly central and similar to low-energy flow events.

Contribution

It establishes a relationship between nuclear disintegration and collision centrality, highlighting the significance of energy flow in understanding nuclear breakup at 4.2 A GeV/c.

Findings

Disintegration events are highly central collisions.

Disintegration correlates with minimal energy flow of emitted particles.

Similar characteristics between disintegration and minimal flow events.

Abstract

The interrelation of the processes of total disintegration of nuclei with the processes, characterized by the "centrality" of collisions and a minimum flow of energy of secondary particles emitted at a zero angle in pC, dC, 4HeC and 12CC interactions, is investigated at 4.2 A GeV/c . The events with total disintegration of nuclei are characterized by a high degree "centrality" of collisions and similar to the events having a minimum flow of energy of particles emitted at a zero angle.