Characteristics of Charged Projectile Fragments from 24Mg – Emulsion Interactions at 4.5A GeV/c

A total sample of 1719 inelastic interactions of²⁴Mg in emulsion at 4.5A GeV/c has been used to study the characteristics of projectile fragments. The multiplicity and angular distributions of projectile fragments in interactions with different target components have been investigated. The projected angular distributions of fragments exhibit features of limiting fragmentation. These distributions are consistent with quantum-mechanical calculations using the Sudden approximation and shell-model functions.