Abstract
We discuss the central rapidity region of high-energy proton-nucleus collisions in the context of a flux-tube model. This model supposes the creation of a color flux tube by a random-walk color-charging process and its subsequent decay by qq and gluon-pair creation. The observed dependence of particle multiplicity on the number of projectile interactions is explained. Some further implications of the model for high-energy proton-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions, including A dependence in the latter case, are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 219-222 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |