Search for projectile fragments with fractional charge in relativistic heavy ion collisions.
We measured the charge of about 35000 projectile fragments with Z > or = 5e produced by 14.5 GeV/nucleon and 200 GeV/nucleon 16O beams in a Pb target using CR39 plastic nuclear track detectors.  A minimum track length of 3 mm in the detector without nuclear interaction was required.  No evidence for fragments carrying a fractional charge was found.
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Physics Department, University of Siegen, Fed. Rep. Germany.
Brechtmann
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Heinrich
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Benton
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D019471:Elementary Particle Interactions; D004601:Elementary Particles; D007477:Ions; D007854:Lead; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009686:Nuclear Physics; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D011874:Radiometry; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D007477:Ions; C028827:CR 39; D007854:Lead; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols