Breakup time scale studied in the 8 GeV/c pi(-)+Au-197 reaction Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Experimental data from the reaction of an [Formula Presented] beam incident on a [Formula Presented] target have been analyzed in order to investigate the breakup time scale for hot residues. Helium nuclei angular distributions and energy spectra supported by a momentum tensor analysis suggest that at large excitation energy, above [Formula Presented] highly excited heavy fragments are separated promptly after the thermalization. A binary fission-like mechanism fits the experimental data at low excitation energies, but seems unable to reproduce the data at excitation energies above [Formula Presented]. 2002 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW C

author list (cited authors)

  • Pienkowski, L., Kwiatkowski, K., Lefort, T., Hsi, W. C., Beaulieu, L., Viola, V. E., ... Remsberg, L. P.

citation count

  • 17

complete list of authors

  • Pienkowski, L||Kwiatkowski, K||Lefort, T||Hsi, WC||Beaulieu, L||Viola, VE||Botvina, A||Korteling, RG||Laforest, R||Martin, E||Ramakrishnan, E||Rowland, D||Ruangma, A||Winchester, E||Yennello, SJ||Back, B||Breuer, H||Gushue, S||Remsberg, LP

publication date

  • June 2002