MULTIFRACTALITY AND INTERMITTENCY STUDY OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC ³²<font>S</font>–<font>AgBr</font> AND ¹⁶<font>O</font>–<font>AgBr</font> INTERACTIONS: FURTHER EVIDENCE OF A NONTHERMAL PHASE TRANSITION

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of medium energy target protons emitted in 32 S–AgBr interactions at 200 AGeV and 16 O–AgBr interactions at 60 AGeV in terms of scaled factorial moments up to the fifth order. The study gives evidence of a nonthermal phase transition in the 32 S–AgBr data. The multifractal nature of the particle spectra has also been observed using a new method proposed by F. Takagi.