Search for anomalous interactions in a photographic emulsion bombarded with 12C and 22Ne nuclei at 4.1 GeV/c per nucleon
Alekseeva E. A., Kartamyshev A. A., Mukhin K. K., Patarakin O. O., Sulkovskaya M. M., Surkova L. V., Sustavov A. F., Chernysheva L. A.
Anomalous interactions have been sought in a photographic emulsion bombarded with nC and 22Ne ions at a momentum of 4.1 GeV/c per nucleon. The results of this search are reported. An analysis of 2034 fragments with charges in the interval 2<z< 10, which yielded 924 interactions, shows that the experimental data are consistent with a decrease in the mean path of the fragments over the first few centimeters of the path which they travel from their production point. The corresponding effect is not found for primary 12C or 22Ne ions.