Integral frequency distribution of projectile alpha fragments in nuclear multifragmentations at intermediate and high energies
The integral frequency distributions of the numbers of projectile alpha fragments produced in nuclear multifragmentations at intermediate and high energies are studied by a simple two-source model. The calculated results are approximately in agreement with the experimental data of 16 O, 40 Ar, 56 Fe, 84 Kr, 139 La, and 197 Au multifragmentations in nuclear emulsions at 2.00 A , 1.80 A , 1.80 A , 0.08–1.70 A , 0.60–0.99 A , and 0.60–0.99 A GeV, respectively. The initial energy of nuclear limiting fragmentation is expected to be at or lower than 0.08 A GeV. Two correlations between the mean multiplicity of projectile alpha fragments ( 〈 n α 〉 ) and the projectile mass number, as well as 〈 n α 〉 and the maximum multiplicity of projectile alpha fragments are observed.

title: Transition in yield and azimuthal shape modification in dihadron correlations in relativistic heavy ion collisions.
abstract: Hard-scattered parton probes produced in collisions of large nuclei indicate large partonic energy loss, possibly with collective produced-medium response to the lost energy. We present measurements of π^{0} trigger particles at transverse momenta p{T}{t}=4-12  GeV/c and associated charged hadrons (p{T}{a}=0.5-7  GeV/c) vs relative azimuthal angle Δϕ in Au+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt[s{NN}]=200  GeV. The Au+Au distribution at low p{T}{a}, whose shape has been interpreted as a medium effect, is modified for p{T}{t}<7  GeV/c. At higher p{T}{t}, the data are consistent with unmodified or very weakly modified shapes, even for the lowest measured p{T}{a}, which quantitatively challenges some medium response models. The associated yield of hadrons opposing the trigger particle in Au+Au relative to p+p (I{AA}) is suppressed at high p{T} (I{AA}≈0.35-0.5), but less than for inclusive suppression (R{AA}≈0.2).

title: Structural characterization of “as-deposited” cesium iodide films studied by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy techniques
abstract: In the present work, cesium iodide (CsI) thin films of different thicknesses have been prepared by thermal evaporation technique. The crystallite size and grain size of these films are compared by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) profile analysis as well as by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) counting, respectively. These two methods provide less deviation between crystallite size and grain size in the case of thin CsI films of 4 nm, but there is comparatively large difference in case of thicker CsI films (20 nm, 100 nm and 500 nm). It indicates that dislocations are arranged in a configuration which causes small orientational difference between two adjacent coherent regions. The crystallite size obtained from XRD corresponds to the size of the coherent scattering region, whereas in TEM micrograph, single grain may correspond to many such coherent scattering regions. Other physical parameters such as strain, stress and deformation energy density are also estimated precisely for the prominent XRD peaks of thicker CsI films in the range 2 θ = 20 ° − 80 ° by using a modified Williamson–Hall (W–H) analysis assuming uniform deformation model (UDM), uniform deformation stress model (UDSM) and uniform deformation energy density model (UDEDM).

title: Some general characteristics of 28Si-emulsion interactions at 4.5 GeV/c per nucleon
abstract: We present our observations on the salient features of the interactions produced by 28 Si nuclei of 4.5 GeV/ c per nucleon in photographic emulsions. The results on the inelastic mean-free path and interaction cross section are presented and compared with the predictions of a geometrical model. Measurements on the multiplicity distribution, mean multiplicities, multiplicity correlations and multiplicity scaling of charged secondary particles are studied. A comparison with other available data at same/nearby incident momentum per nucleon from proton-nucleus and carbon-nucleus collisions is presented in order to examine the dependence on the projectile mass.

title: Cross sections and double-helicity asymmetries of midrapidity inclusive charged hadrons in p+ p collisions at sqrt (s)= 62.4 GeV
abstract: Unpolarized cross sections and double-helicity asymmetries of single-inclusive positive and negative charged hadrons at midrapidity from p + p collisions at root s = 62.4 GeV are presented. The PHENIX measurement of the cross sections for 1.0 < p(T) < 4.5 GeV/c are consistent with perturbative QCD calculations at next-to-leading order in the strong-coupling constant, alpha(s). Resummed pQCD calculations including terms with next-to-leading-log accuracy, yielding reduced theoretical uncertainties, also agree with the data. The double-helicity asymmetry, sensitive at leading order to the gluon polarization in a momentum-fraction range of 0.05 less than or similar to x(gluon) less than or similar to 0.2, is consistent with recent global parametrizations disfavoring large gluon polarization.

title: Study of Projectile Helium (Z = 2) Fragments Produced in Nucleus–Nucleus Interactions at 14.6 A GeV
abstract: An analysis of projectile helium ( Z = 2) fragments emitted from 855 minimum-bias events of 28 Si projectiles in nuclear emulsion at 14.6 A GeV has been performed. An event-by-event examination has been made from the minimum-bias events in order to see the dependence of shower and target fragments multiplicities in individual helium reaction channels. The validity of KNO scaling for the projectile helium ( Z = 2) fragments has also been studied. The angular and derived pseudorapidity and momentum distributions of projectile helium ( Z = 2) fragments are found to be characteristically Gaussian shaped with some width σ.

title: Spin-distribution measurement: A sensitive probe for incomplete fusion dynamics
abstract: Spin distributions of various reaction products populated via complete and/or incomplete fusion of {sup 16}O with {sup 169}Tm have been measured at projectile energy {approx_equal}5.6 MeV/nucleon. Particle (Z=1,2) {gamma}-coincidences have been employed to achieve the information about involved reaction modes on the basis of their entry state spin populations. The experimentally measured spin distributions for incomplete fusion products have been found to be distinctly different than those observed for complete fusion products. The driving input angular momenta associated with incomplete fusion products have been found to be relatively higher than complete fusion products, and increases with direct {alpha}-multiplicity. It has also been observed that incomplete fusion products are less fed and/or the population of lower spin states are strongly hindered, while complete fusion products indicating strong feeding over a broad spin range.