The moments method for the analysis of the multiplicity distributions in nucleus - nucleus collisions at high energies

Abstract

To obtain some experimental information on the possibility of observing interesting phenomena in nucleus - nucleus collisions - correlations, flow, etc - the multiplicity distributions of the particles generated in such collisions are analysed using the moments method. The role of the collision geometry is emphasized. Different calculations are compared with experimental results for negative pion yield in nucleus - nucleus collisions at 4.5A GeV/c. The experimental results are obtained at the Syncrophasotron of JINR Dubna.