Abstract
Projectilelike fragments (PLF, 15≤Z≤46) formed in peripheral and midperipheral collisions of 114Cd projectiles with 92Mo nuclei at E/A = 50 MeV have been detected at very forward angles, 2.1° ≤ θlab ≤ 4.2°. Calorimetric analysis of the charged particles observed in coincidence with the PLF reveals that the excitation of the primary PLF is strongly related to its velocity damping. Furthermore, for a given VPLF*, its excitation is not related to its size, Z PLF*. For the largest velocity damping, the excitation energy attained is large, approximately commensurate with a system at the limiting temperature.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 011602 |
| Pages (from-to) | 116021-116025 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2003 |