We show that the information theory method of Aichelin and Huefner for calculating the fragment distribution resulting from high energy proton bombardments is an approximation to the Euler number partition. We find that a consistent application of the theory produces fragment distributions substantially steeper than the calculation of Aichelin and Huefner. The quality of fit to the data and its implications are discussed.

• Received 7 May 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.31.668