Clusters and tubes in multiparticle production from nuclear targets

• Recent data on backward pion production in 0.8-4.89-GeV proton-nucleus collisions are analyzed within the scope of models where target nucleons react collectively. It is shown that the nuclear-size dependence in data is a sensitive probe of the effective target mass. The experimental results hint at a synthesis of the cluster ("fluctuon") model and the collective tube model.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Annan fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Other Physics Topics (hsv//eng)

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Fysik

Fysik

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