Probing heavy ion collisions with bremsstrahlung. Academic Article

abstract

• We calculate bremsstrahlung spectra for intermediate energy heavy ion collisions to see the sensitivity of photon cross sections to reaction dynamics. Modeling the collisions with the intranuclear cascade, we find a clear collective quadrupole bremsstrahlung signal only for heavier nuclei, A>40. Maximum sensitivity to dynamics is likely for photons in the range of 1030 MeV. For higher energy photons or lighter nuclei, there is a large background coming from the incoherent dipole component of the bremsstrahlung. 1985 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Ko, Che-Ming

published proceedings

• Phys Rev C Nucl Phys

author list (cited authors)

• Ko, C. M., Bertsch, G., & Aichelin, J.

citation count

• 42

complete list of authors

• Ko, CM||Bertsch, G||Aichelin, J

publication date

• June 1985

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics  Journal

keywords

• Physics

PubMed Central ID

• 9952799

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/physrevc.31.2324

URI

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.31.2324

start page

• 2324

end page

• 2326

volume

• 31

issue

• 6

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1103%2Fphysrevc.31.2324