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Results based on calorimetric measurements are presented from reactions of 60A GeV and 200A GeV16O projectiles with C, Cu, Ag, and Au nuclei. Minimum-bias cross sections are discussed. Energy spectra measured at zero degrees and transverse-energy distributions for the pseudorapidity range 2.4≦η≤5.5 are shown. An analysis of the average transverse energy in terms of the number of participating nucleons and the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions is presented. Estimates of nuclear stopping and of attained energy densities are made.
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WA 80 Collaboration., Albrecht, R., Awes, T.C. et al. Oxygen-induced reactions at 60A GeV and 200A GeV studied by calorimetry. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 38, 3–14 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01574509
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