Abstract
Events with three fragments with Z ⩾ 8 in the interactions of 8.8 GeV 4He with U, Bi and Au nuclei are examined using the Makrofol polycarbonate track detector. The sandwich technique is used to enable a direct observation of the multiply charged fragment emission by a single nucleus. Fragments produced in these events are identified and an event-by-event model-free analysis is performed in order to separate different production mechanisms. A classification scheme based on the multiplicity of intermediate-mass fragments 8 ⩽ Z ⩽ 20 is used in order to identify events belonging to the different reaction channels. In the interactions of 4He with U, about 70% of ternary events are registered with the multiplicity of intermediate-mass fragments M IMF obs = 0 , 1 , while in the interactions of 4He with Au, about 60% of ternary events are registered with M IMF obs = 2 , 3 . The analysis shows that these two groups of ternary events are produced by different reaction mechanisms. The cross-sections and experimental features are determined for the various reaction mechanisms, and their variation with the target mass has been investigated.
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