Variation of nonequilibrium processes in the p + Ni system with beam energy

The energy and angular dependence of double differential cross sections d{sup 2}{sigma}/d{omega}dE were measured for p,d,t,{sup 3,4}He, {sup 6,7}Li, {sup 7,9}Be, and {sup 10,11}B produced in collisions of 0.175 GeV protons with a Ni target. The analysis of measured differential cross sections allowed the extraction of total production cross sections for the ejectiles listed above. The shape of the spectra and angular distributions indicates the presence of other nonequilibrium processes besides the emission of nucleons from the intranuclear cascade and the evaporation of various particles from remnants of intranuclear cascade. These nonequilibrium processes consist of the coalescence of nucleons into light-charged particles during the intranuclear cascade, of the fireball emission, which contributes to the cross sections of protons and deuterons, and of the breakup of the target nucleus, which leads to the emission of intermediate mass fragments. All such processes were found earlier at beam energies 1.2, 1.9, and 2.5 GeV for Ni and Au targets; however, significant differences in the properties of these processes at high and low beam energy are observed in the present study.