Effects of the multiple-scattering structure in the propagation of hadronic properties in nucleus-nucleus collisions

Abstract

We develop a method which allows us to obtain the multiple-scattering structure of the Glauber model for nucleus-nucleus collisions. We analyze this structure in terms of the numbers of interacting nucleons and nucleon-nucleon collisions. In this way, several average values involving these numbers are computed. We also investigate the effects of this multiple-scattering structure in some specific types of events, such as the diffractive (and nondiffractive) and the central (and peripheral) events. The formulas for the central, semicentral, and peripheral cross sections are derived, showing that the calculated values are in good agreement with the available experimental data. Average values involving the numbers of interacting nucleons and inelastic nucleon-nucleon collisions are also calculated for these kinds of events.