Projectile fragmentation of O and S at 3.65 GeV/n on several targets

We investigate the charge changing collisions for ¹⁶O and ³²S beams at 3.65 GeV/n on several targets, by using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD). Track measurements were performed by an automatic measurement system. We determined the total charge changing cross sections and the elemental cross sections for the production of fragments of charge 9 ≤ Z ≤ 14. Comparison with theoretical models as well as with experimental data are given.     

The investigation of fragments produced in the interaction of relativistic F-ions and copper and emitted at large angles

Within the framework of the study of the behaviour of relativistic particles formed in the interaction of 65 GeV ¹⁹F-ions and a 1 cm thick Cu target, the wide angle emission of heavy fragments has been studied using CR-39 (INTERCAST) as a detector.     

Study of projectile fragmentation in the reaction (158 A GeV) Pb + Pb using CR-39

The fragmentation of Pb ions at 158 A GeV energy produced in the interaction with Pb target has been studied using a CR-39 track detector. A stack comprising of 64 detectors was prepared such that a target of 1 cm thickness was sandwiched between the sheets of CR-39. The purpose of this exposure geometry was to calibrate CR-39 with respect to relativistic heavy ions as well as to study the fragmentation of Pb ions at 158 A GeV energy. The exposure was carried out at the SPS beam facility of CERN at normal incidence with a fluence of . Two detectors from the exposed stack have been selected for this study: one before and the other after the target material. After etching, the detectors were scanned using an optical microscope and the etched track lengths and the diameters of the track openings were measured manually. Considering that the lengths of tracks provide the best charge resolution for Z>65, we have measured track lengths for a sufficiently large number of fragments to identify individual charge states for 65<Z<83. The total charge-changing cross section has also been determined.     

Observation of the ABC effect in the reaction n+p → d+(mm)0 with A 1.88 GeV/c neutron beam

A significant production of the ABC effect is observed in the free nucleon reaction n+p → d+(mm)°, using a 1.88 GeV/c neutron beam. The complete deuterón momentum spectra produced in this inclusive experiment are measured at 0°, 4.5°, 7.5° and 10.5° (lab). The double differential cross sections $\text{d}{}^2\text{σ/}\text{d}\text{Ω}\text{d}\text{p}$, are compared with the predictions of two exchange models.     

Watching at the correlation between the specific track-etch rate and the primary physical parameters of the swift ion interaction with the CR-39

Analysis of etched nuclear tracks in CR-39 solid state nuclear track detectors has recently been made possible by the confocal microscope. This recent innovation has opened up some particularly interesting perspectives. The main originality of this microscopy technique is that it makes it possible to work on numerical, three-dimensional images of chemically etched nuclear tracks in the CR-39. We have studied the performances of this new approach for light ions (H, He, Li and C) with kinetic energies typically of the order of the MeV per nucleus. First, we determined the response functions of the CR-39 for these ions. We were then able to show that aside from decreasing the analysis time of traditional methods, the confocal microscope greatly increases the sensibility of the detection. The aim of this study was to find a correlation between the response functions and the primary physical parameters of the interaction between the ion and the material, such as the linear energy transfer (LET), the restricted energy transfer (REL_ω0), the integrated radial dose or the rate of ionization. Although these parameters presented a strong resemblance to the experimental response functions (they are all “Bragg” curves), none of them were correlated to the response function in an unambiguous way.     

Analysis of two neutron (proton) transfer reaction data in the Zr-region

The spectroscopic amplitudes, form factors, angular distributions and total cross-sections for two nucleon transfer reactions in Zr-region in the zero range distorted wave Born approximation are calculated using consistent set of shell model wave functions. A single normalisation factor gives a good fit to all the two neutron transfer reaction data whereas the corresponding fit for the two-proton transfer reaction data is less satisfactory.     

Calculation of the wide-angle neutron spectra from the ~9Be(d,xn) reaction in a thick beryllium target

The multi-layer computing model is developed to calculate wide-angle neutron spectra, in the range from0° to 180° with a 5° step, produced by bombarding a thick beryllium target with deuterons. The double-differential cross-sections(DDCSs) for the ~9 Be(d, xn) reaction are calculated using the TALYS-1.8 code. They are in agreement with the experimental data, and are much better than the PHITS-JQMD/GEM results at 15°, 30°, 45° and 60° neutron emission angles for deuteron energy of 10.0 MeV. In the TALYS-1.8 code, neutron contributions from direct reactions(break-up, stripping and knock-out reactions) are controlled by adjustable parameters, which describe the basic characteristics of typical direct reactions and control the relative intensity and the position of the ridgy hillock at the tail of DDCSs. It is found that the typical calculated wide-angle neutron spectra for different neutron emission angles and neutron angular distributions agree quite well with the experimental data for 13.5 MeV deuterons. The multi-layer computing model can reproduce the experimental data reasonably well by optimizing the adjustable parameters in the TALYS-1.8 code. Given the good agreement with the experimental data, the multi-layer computing model could provide better predictions of wide-angle neutron energy spectra, neutron angular distributions and neutron yields for the ~9 Be(d, xn) reaction neutron source.     

Projectile fragment emission in the fragmentation of 56Fe on C,Al and CH2 targets at 471 A MeV

The emission angle and the transverse momentum distributions of projectile fragments produced in the fragmentation of 56Fe on CHs, C and A1 targets at 471 A MeV are measured. It is found that for the same target, the average value and width of the angular distribution decrease with an increase of the projectile fragment charge; for the same projectile fragment, the average value of the distribution increases and the width of the distribution decreases with increasing the target charge number. The transverse momentum distribution of a projectile fragment can be explained by a single Gaussian distribution and the averaged transverse momentum per nucleon decreases with the increase of the charge of projectile fragment. The cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution of a projectile fragment can be explained well by a single Rayleigh distribution. The temperature parameter of the emission source of the projectile fragment, calculated from the cumulated squared transverse momentum distribution, decreases with the increase of the size of the projectile fragment.     

Effect of entrance channel parameters on the fusion of two heavy ions: Excitation functions of reaction products in16O +66Zn and37Cl +45Sc reactions

Excitation functions of reaction products formed in¹⁶O +⁶⁶Zn and³⁷Cl +⁴⁵Sc systems, leading to the same compound nucleus,⁸²Sr, were measured using recoil-catcher technique and off-line γ-ray spectrometry. The contribution of non-compound processes like transfer and incomplete fusion (ICF) reactions to the cross-sections of different evaporation residues were delineated by comparing the experimental data with the predictions of Monte Carlo simulation code PACE2. The results show that non-compound processes become a significant fraction of the total reaction cross-section in¹⁶O +⁶⁶ systems in the beam energy range studied, while³⁷Cl +⁴⁵Sc gives mainly compound nucleus products. The mass asymmetry dependence of the fusion and non-compound cross-sections have been analysed in terms of the static fusion model and sum rule model