Observation of Gaussian pseudorapidity distributions for produced particles in proton-nucleus collisions at Tevatron energies

Abstract

The statistical event-by-event analysis of inelastic interactions of protons in emulsion at 800 GeV reveals the existence of group of events with Gaussian pseudorapidity distributions for produced particles, as suggested by hydrodynamic-tube model. Events belong to very central collisions of protons with heavy emulsion nuclei with probability of realization of less than 1% and with multiplicity of shower particles exceeding (2-3 times) the average multiplicity in proton-nucleus collisions in emulsion. The Bjorken's energy density for these events reaches 2.0 GeV per fm3. The data are interpreted as a result of the QCD phase transition in proton-tube collisions at Tevatron energies.

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