Fluctuations in Multifragment Decays

Authors

L. Phair, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
M. A. Lisa, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
D. R. Bowman, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
C. K. Gelbke, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
W. G. Gong, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
Y. D. Kim, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
W. G. Lynch, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
Graham F. Peaslee, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State UniversityFollow
H. Schulz, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
R. T. de Souza, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
M. B. Tsang, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University
F. Zhu, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics Astronomy Michigan State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-17-1992

Publication Source

Physics Letters B

Volume Number

291

Issue Number

1

First Page

7

Last Page

10

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

An analysis of charged particle distributions is performed to search for large fluctuations and signals of intermittency in reactions at E/A=35–110 MeV. When the effects of impact-parameter averaging are reduced by appropriate cuts on the total transverse energy, charged particle multiplicity distributions narrower than Poisson distributions are observed. Such distributions are inconsistent with intermittency signals of non-trivial origin.

Recommended Citation

Repository citation: Phair, L.; Lisa, M. A.; Bowman, D. R.; Gelbke, C. K.; Gong, W. G.; Kim, Y. D.; Lynch, W. G.; Peaslee, Graham F.; Schulz, H.; de Souza, R. T.; Tsang, M. B.; and Zhu, F., "Fluctuations in Multifragment Decays" (1992). Faculty Publications. Paper 1148.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_publications/1148

Published in: Physics Letters B, Volume 291, Issue 1, September 17, 1992, pages 7-10. Copyright © 1992 Elsevier.