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Azimuthal correlations between the same type of particles (protons or pions) in the target fragmentation region was studied in d, He, C+C, Ta (4.2A GeV/c, C+Ne, Cu (4.5A GeV/c) and p+C, Ta (10 GeV/c) interactions. The data were obtained from the SKM-200-GIBS streamer chamber and from the Propane Bubble Chamber (PBL-500) systems utilized at JINR. Study of multiparticle azimuthal correlations offers unique information about space-time evolution of the interactions. Azimuthal correlations were investigated by using correlation function \( C(\Delta\phi) = \mathrm{d} N/\mathrm{d} (\Delta\phi)\) , where \( \Delta\phi\) represents the angle between the sums of transverse momenta vectors for particles emitted in the forward and backward hemispheres. For protons “back-to-back” (“negative”) azimuthal correlations were observed in the above-mentioned interactions. The absolute values of the correlation coefficient \( \vert\xi\vert\) --the slope parameter of \( C(\Delta\phi)\), strongly depend on the mass number of the target (\( A_{T}\)) nuclei in the nucleon-nucleus and nucleus-nucleus collisions. Namely, \( \vert\xi\vert\) decreases with increase of \( A_T\) in p+C and p+Ta collisions, while \( \vert\xi\vert\) initially decreases from d+C to C+Ne and then almost does not change with increase of \( A_P\), \( A_T\) in (d+He)Ta, C+Cu and C+Ta collisions. For pions “back-to-back” correlations were obtained for light targets (C, Ne), and “side-by-side” (“positive”) correlations for heavy targets (Cu, Ta). The \( \vert\xi\vert\) insignificantly changes with increase of the momenta per nucleon and almost does not change with increase of \( A_P\) and \( A_T\). Models used for description of the data, the Ultra relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamic (UrQMD) and Quark-Gluon String Model (QGSM), satisfactorily describe the obtained experimental results.
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Chkhaidze, L., Chlachidze, G., Djobava, T. et al. Study of azimuthal correlations in the target fragmentation region in p, d, He, C+C, Ta and C+Ne, Cu collisions at momenta of 4.2, 4.5 and 10 A GeV/c. Eur. Phys. J. A 55, 7 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12674-9
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