Recent results on particle production from silicon emulsion interactions at 14.6A GeV

A comparative study of results obtained from the interactions of 14.6A GeV Si-28 in nuclear emulsion is presented. In this work the experimental data serve as one of the decisive signature of quark-gluon plasma formation. The data for 200 and 400 proton-emulsion interactions are used to investigate the assumption which consider interaction of Si-28-Em at 14.6A GeV is such that for a proton with total energy corresponding to that for effective number of interacting nucleons (12.6 x 14.6 = 175) or as a proton having the total energy of Si-28 (i.e., 28 x 14.6 = 409 GeV). It is also shown that the relativistic quantum molecular dynamics model nicely predicts the multiplicities and correlations of shower and grey particles in the interactions of Si-28 with emulsion nuclei at 14.6A GeV. (C) 2003 Published by Elsevier B.V.