Excitation and decay of projectilelike fragments formed in dissipative peripheral collisions at intermediate energies

  • R. Yanez
  • , S. Hudan
  • , R. Alfaro
  • , B. Davin
  • , Y. Larochelle
  • , H. Xu
  • , L. Beaulieu
  • , T. Lefort
  • , V. E. Viola
  • , R. T. De Souza
  • , T. X. Liu
  • , X. D. Liu
  • , W. G. Lynch
  • , R. Shomin
  • , W. P. Tan
  • , M. B. Tsang
  • , A. Vander Molen
  • , A. Wagner
  • , H. F. Xi
  • , R. J. Charity
  • L. G. Sobotka

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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 languageEnglish
Article number011602
Pages (from-to)116021-116025
Number of pages5
JournalPhysical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume68
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2003

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