The mechanism of antiproton–nucleus annihilation at rest is not fully understood, despite substantial previous experimental and theoretical work. In this study we used slow extracted antiprotons from the ASACUSA apparatus at CERN to measure the charged particle multiplicities and their energy deposits from antiproton annihilations at rest on three different nuclei: carbon, molybdenum and gold. The results are compared with predictions from different models in the simulation tools Geant4 and FLUKA. A model that accounts for all the observed features is still missing, as well as measurements at low energies, to validate such models.
Antiproton annihilation at rest in thin solid targets and comparison with Monte Carlo simulations / C. Amsler, H. Breuker, M. Bumbar, M. Cerwenka, G. Costantini, R. Ferragut, M. Fleck, M. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, G. Gosta, E.D. Hunter, C. Killian, B. Kolbinger, V. Kraxberger, N. Kuroda, M. Lackner, M. Leali, G. Maero, V. Mascagna, Y. Matsuda, S. Migliorati, D.J. Murtagh, A. Nanda, L. Nowak, S. Rheinfrank, M. Rome', M.C. Simon, M. Tajima, V. Toso, S. Ulmer, M. van Beuzekom, L. Venturelli, A. Weiser, E. Widmann, Y. Yamazaki, J. Zmeskal. - In: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. A, HADRONS AND NUCLEI. - ISSN 1434-601X. - 60:11(2024 Nov 17), pp. 225.1-225.18. [10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x]
Antiproton annihilation at rest in thin solid targets and comparison with Monte Carlo simulations
M. Giammarchi;G. Gosta;G. Maero;M. Rome';V. Toso;
2024
Abstract
The mechanism of antiproton–nucleus annihilation at rest is not fully understood, despite substantial previous experimental and theoretical work. In this study we used slow extracted antiprotons from the ASACUSA apparatus at CERN to measure the charged particle multiplicities and their energy deposits from antiproton annihilations at rest on three different nuclei: carbon, molybdenum and gold. The results are compared with predictions from different models in the simulation tools Geant4 and FLUKA. A model that accounts for all the observed features is still missing, as well as measurements at low energies, to validate such models.
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