Fluctuations in the geometry of collisions of relativistic nuclei

Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the interaction of 3.7 AGeV carbon nuclei with photoemulsion nuclei. The geometry of collisions is studied based on the analysis of distributions of fragments of the target nucleus and the projectile nucleus in symmetric (light carbon nucleus with light CNO nuclei) and asymmetric (with heavy AgBr nuclei) interactions. Significant differences in the distribution of the total charge of projectile nucleus fragments are found depending on the number of target nucleus fragments.