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MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS OF CHARGED PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN ²⁸Si-Ag/Br INTERACTION AT 14.5A GeV

P. MALI

Department of Physics, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, Dist. Darjeeling 734013, West Bengal, India

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A. MUKHOPADHYAY

Department of Physics, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, Dist. Darjeeling 734013, West Bengal, India

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G. SINGH

Department of Computer and Information Science, SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia, New York 14063, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218348X12500181Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The multifractal structure of one dimensional charged particle density distribution in ²⁸Si-Ag/Br interactions at 14.5 GeV per nucleon is investigated by using two different techniques. The experimental measurements are compared with a microscopic transport model of particle production based on the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD). Various parameters related to multifractality, for example the Lévy's index, are obtained. Our analysis shows that multifractal structure is present both in the experiment as well as in the simulation. As far as the self-similar nature of the density fluctuation is concerned, there exists, however, a small but definite quantitative difference between the two.

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