Abstract
The nature of fractality and correlations in relativistic heavy-ion interactions of \(^{16}\)O–Ag/Br at collision energy 60 A GeV are investigated in the framework of the sandbox algorithm using the concept of isotropy and anisotropy of phase space. In this work, we have attempted to find the deterministic information in \(\eta -\phi \) space using the concept of Hurst exponent (H) by means of precise determination of topological parameters from the complex network perspective. The experimental data have been compared with Monte Carlo (MC) generated events to extract non-statistical dynamics. It has been observed that the process under study is multifractal in nature. It is also observed that the process is ruled by a small number of large fluctuations and contributes to correlated stochastic long-term positive auto-correlations. The characteristics of the multiparticle production process under study are independent of the spatial distribution of \(\eta \) and \(\phi \) space, where \(\eta \) is pseudorapidity and \(\phi \) is the azimuthal angle, but the degree of multifractality depends on the spatial distribution of pions in anisotropic phase space during the multiparticle production process. It is also observed that for different Hurst exponents, the multifractality of the experimental data sets are significantly different from the MC-simulated events.
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The authors are grateful to Prof. D.Ghosh of Deepa Ghosh Research Foundation, Kolkata 700031, India Prof. Argha Deb of Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India, and Amitava Mukhopadhyay, The University of North Bengal for all kinds of supports and encouragement. The authors also show their deepest gratitude to the anonymous reviewer whose valuable comments make the article more accurate and readable. We would like to acknowledge the financial help sanctioned by the G.O. No. 52-Edn(B)/5B-15/2017 dt. 7.6.2017 read with 65-Edn(B)/5-15/2017 dt. 11.7.2017 for Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, Government of West Bengal, India.
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Subba, N., Ahmed, A., Bhattacharjee, S. et al. Degree of multifractality and correlations in framework of multi-dimensional complex network analysis for \(^{16}\)O–Ag/Br interactions at 60 A GeV. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 136, 813 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01803-3
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