Inclusion of deuteron and alpha-particle collisions in intranuclear cascade calculations

An intranuclear cascade model generalized to allow deuteron and alpha-particle collisions during the cascade is discussed. A comparison of calculations is presented for nucleon-induced cascades with and without clusters present in the target nucleus and the effects of clustering are inferred. Alpha-particle-induced collisions are studied in detail and compared with experimental data. It is found that many features of alpha-particle-induced reactions can be well understood with this model. Possible shortcomings and directions of future improvements in the code are highlighted.NUCLEAR REACTIONS Intranuclear cascade models; effects of including d and α as incident projectiles or preformed clusters.