First results on the interactions of relativistic $^9$C nuclei in nuclear track emulsion
nucl-ex
/ Authors
D. O. Krivenkov, D. A. Artemenkov, V. Bradnova, M. Haiduc, S. P. Kharlamov, V. N. Kondratieva, A. I. Malakhov, A. A. Moiseenko, G. I. Orlova, N. G. Peresadko
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N. G. Polukhina, P. A. Rukoyatkin, V. V. Rusakova, V. R. Sarkisyan, R. Stanoeva, T. V. Shchedrina, S. Vokál, P. I. Zarubin, I. G. Zarubina
/ Abstract
\indent First results of the exposure of nuclear track emulsions in a secondary beam enriched by $^9$C nuclei at energy of 1.2 A GeV are described. The presented statistics corresponds to the most peripheral $^9$C interactions. For the first time a dissociation $^9$C $\to3^3$He not accompanied by target fragments and mesons is identified.\par