Transverse energy distributions in nucleus-nucleus collisions in the dual Monte Carlo multi-chain fragmentation model

Particle production in nucleus-nucleus collisions is calculated in a Monte Carlo version of the dual multi-chain fragmentation model. The model uses an efficient method to sample the numbers of interactions in nucleus-nucleus collisions. We calculate distributions in the transverse energy and multiplicity and compare with data obtained at the CERN SPS in OPb collisions with 200 GeV per nucleon.