The Onset of Nuclear Vaporization

Authors

M. B. Tsang, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
W. C. Hsi, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
W. G. Lynch, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
D. R. Bowman, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
C. K. Gelbke, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
M. A. Lisa, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University
Graham F. Peaslee, Department of Physics and Astronomy and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityFollow
G. J. Kunde, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
M. L. Begemann-Blaich, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
T. Hoffman, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
J. Hubele, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
J. Kempter, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
P. Kreutz, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
W. D. Kunze, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
V. Lindenstruth, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
U. Lynen, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
M. Mang, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
W. F.J. Müller, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
M. Neumann, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
B. Ocker, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
C. A. Ogilvie, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
J. Pochodzalla, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
F. Rosenberger, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
H. Sann, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
A. Schüttauf, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
V. Serfling, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
J. Stroth, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
W. Trautmann, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
A. Tucholski, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
A. Wörner, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
E. Zude, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
B. Zwieglinski, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung
S. Aiello, Dipartimento di Fisica Università and Istituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare, Catania
G. Immé, Dipartimento di Fisica Università and Istituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare, Catania
V. Pappalardo, Dipartimento di Fisica Università and Istituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare, Catania
G. Raciti, Dipartimento di Fisica Università and Istituto Nazionale di Fisicia Nucleare, Catania
R. J. Charity, Department of Chemistry, Washington University
L. G. Sobotka, Department of Chemistry, Washington University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-6-1993

Publication Source

Physical Review Letters

Volume Number

71

Issue Number

10

First Page

1502

Last Page

1505

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

Multifragmentation has been measured for Au197+197Au collisions at E/A=100, 250, and 400 MeV. The mean fragment multiplicity increases monotonically with the charged particle multiplicity at E/A=100 MeV, but decreases for central collisions with incident energy, consistent with the onset of nuclear vaporization. Molecular dynamics calculations follow some trends but underpredict the observed fragment multiplicities. Including the statistical decay of excited residues improves the agreement for peripheral collisions but worsens it for central collisions.

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