Target Nuclei Excitation after Interactions of 10.6 GeV/Nucleon Gold Nuclei in Emulsion

The excitation of nuclei in emulsion target due to nuclear interactions of gold nuclei at 10.6 GeV/nucleon has been investigated. The results were compared with interactions of oxygen and sulfur projectiles in emulsion at 200 GeV/nucleon. Assuming that the number of low energy particles emitted from the struck target nucleus can be interpreted as a measure of the temperature of the residual target nucleus, it has been shown that for heavy Ag/Br nuclei of emulsion the critical temperature in collisions with gold projectiles is the same as in collisions with oxygen and sulfur projectiles of comparable total energy.