Cumulative Protons in Collisions between Carbon and Beryllium Nuclei at Energies of 0.60, 0.95, and 2.0 GeV/nucleon

Abstract

Collisions between carbon and beryllium nuclei at initial kinetic energies of carbon nuclei of 0.6, 0.95, and 2.0 GeV/nucleon have been simulated within the Liège intranuclear cascade model. Invariant proton production cross sections at an angle of 3.5° have been determined. It has been shown that the dependence of experimental invariant proton production cross sections on the cumulative variable can be explained in terms of Fermi processes of motion of nucleons in a nucleus, multiple scattering, and production of delta resonances. Results of simulation have been compared to experimental data and results obtained within the quark cluster model.