Changing Source Characteristics During Multifragment Decay

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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-1996

Publication Source

Physical Review C

Volume Number

53

Issue Number

5

First Page

2273

Last Page

2286

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

The spatial-temporal extent of the emitting system for central collisions in Kr84 + Au197 at E/A = 35, 55, and 70 MeV is probed using fragment-fragment velocity correlation functions. Selection on fragment pairs of high velocity yields a stronger fragment-fragment Coulomb interaction than for inclusive fragment pairs. This result is consistent with fragment emission from a source of decreased spatial-temporal extent. The universality of this association and the effect of different selection criteria are explored. The sensitivity of the spatial-temporal extent deduced by the correlation function technique to measurement uncertainties, assumed source characteristics, and rotational effects is assessed.

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