Heavy-residue isoscaling as a probe of the process of N/Z equilibration
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The isotopic and isobaric scaling behavior of the yield ratios of heavy projectile residues from the collisions of 25 MeV/nucleon 86Kr projectiles on 124Sn and 112Sn targets is investigated and shown to provide information on the process of N/Z equilibration occurring between the projectile and the target. The logarithmic slopes and of the residue yield ratios with respect to residue neutron number N and neutron excess N-Z are obtained as a function of the atomic number Z and mass number A, respectively, whereas excitation energies are deduced from velocities. The relation of the isoscaling parameters and with the N/Z of the primary (excited) projectile fragments is employed to gain access to the degree of N/Z equilibration prior to fragmentation as a function of excitation energy. A monotonic relation between the N/Z difference of fragmenting quasiprojectiles and their excitation energy is obtained indicating that N/Z equilibrium is approached at the highest observed excitation energies. Simulations with a deep-inelastic transfer model are in overall agreement with the isoscaling conclusions. The present residue isoscaling approach to N/Z equilibration offers an attractive tool of isospin and reaction dynamics studies in collisions involving beams of stable or rare isotopes. 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
