Abnormally Large Momentum Loss in Charge Pickup by 900-MeV/Nucleon Au Nuclei
- 30 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 60 (22) , 2258-2261
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.60.2258
Abstract
Using a thin stack of glass detectors to measure of forward-projected fast fragments from interactions of 900-MeV/nucleon nuclei, we measure a cross section of 35 ± 8 mb for charge pickup () from Au to Hg, and we infer a mean velocity downshift and a mean momentum downshift GeV/c for Au to Hg, 2 orders of magnitude larger than observed for charge pickup by light nuclei. Implications of this result are discussed.
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