Emission ofLi8Fragments in the Interactions of 3.0-GeVcK−Mesons with Nuclei in Nuclear Emulsion

Abstract

The experimental results of the emission of hammer tracks (${}_{}{}^{8,9}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Li}$, ${}_{}{}^8{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{B}$ nuclei) from 3-$\frac{\mathrm{GeV}}{c}$ $K^{-}$-meson interactions are compared with the theory of nuclear evaporation. The results are only in partial agreement with this theory. The production rate increases with incident energy from 0.8 up to 3 $\frac{\mathrm{GeV}}{c}$. The forward-to-backward ratios decrease when the energy of the incident particle rises.