Abstract
The production of ,,p has been measured in p+Be and p+Au collisions for comparison with central Si+Au collisions. The inverse slope parameters obtained by an exponential fit to the invariant cross sections in transverse mass are found to be, ,∼140–160 MeV in p+A collisions, whereas in central Si+Au collisions, ∼200–220 MeV >∼140–160 MeV at midrapidity. The and distributions are shifted backwards in p+Au compared with p+Be. A gradual increase of (dn/dy per projectile nucleon is observed from p+Be to p+Au to central Si+Au collisions, while pions show no significant increase.
- Received 19 October 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1567
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