Production of Helium Projectile Fragments in 16O-Emulsion Collisions at 60 A GeV

Production of helium projectile fragments in ¹⁶O-emulsion interactions at 60 A GeV is investigated. The total charge changing and partial production cross-sections are measured experimentally on the basis of helium multiplicity. The multiplicity distribution of helium projectile fragments obeys a KNO scaling. In the peripheral collision of ¹⁶O at 60 A GeV in nuclear emulsion, the production of target fragments depends on the multiplicity of helium projectile fragments linearly. The averge multiplicity of target fragments decreases with the increasing of the number of helium projectile fragments which can be well expliained by the model of participant-spectator (the nuclear geometric model) of nucleus-nucleus interactions.     

Fragment Angular Distributions of the 600 MeV 40)Ar+197 Au Reaction

The angular distributions of the fragments in the range of 4π solid angle for the 600 MeV ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁹⁷Au reaction have been measured using the beam-off γ-ray spectroscopy technique. The features of the fragment angular distributions and the reaction mechanisms of the production of fragments have been discussed.     

Angular and Z Distributions of the Fragments at Forward and Intermediate Angles in the Reaction of 25MeV/u 40Ar+115In,58Ni,27Al

The angular & Z distributions of foe fragments emitted in the forward and intermediary angles are measured at the reaction of 25 MeV/u ⁴⁰Ar+¹¹⁵In,⁵⁸Ni,²⁷Al. Their characteristics are investigated based on the model of Modified Qantum Molecular Dynamics (MQMD). Generally, the theoretical calculations are in good agreement with the experiment data. But in the forward angles the yield of the fragments is underestimated by MQMD model while in the case of the intermediate angle region, the calculation is higher than the experiment data in some degree for the fragments whose charge numbers are in the vicinity of the proiectile. The angular & charge distributions of the fragments are also compared with the statistical model of GEMINI. The results turn out to be that a small proportion of the statistical evaporation component exists in the forward angles while in the intermediate angle region, this component increases to some extent. However, its ratio is still small. It is found that the equilibrium evaporation component decreases gradually when the Z of the fragments becomes smaller.     

Time Scsle for Emission of Intermediate Mass Fragments in E/A=30MeV 40Ar+natAg Reaction

Fragment-fragment conelation functions have been measured in E/A=30 MeV ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg reaction via the technique of intensity interferometry. Emission times of intermediate mass fragments have been extracted from reduced velocity correlation functions by using the threebody trajectory model. The average emission time of intermediate mass fragments varies with the energy of fragments. It decreases from about 300fm/c for low energy fragments to about 80fm/c for energetic fragments. After subtmcting the contribution of projectile-like fragments, average emission times of mid-rapidity fragments are of the order of 250fm/c for this reaction.It indicates that intermediate mass fragments emitted in this reaction mainly come from sequential binary decays.     

RADIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF MASS DISTRIBUTIONS IN 12C-INDUCED FISSION OF 209Bi AND 238U

The yields of 15 and 17 fission, products have been obtained by radiochemical determinations in ¹²C-induced fission of ²⁰⁹Bi and ²³⁸U respectively. From these data, the mass distributions of fission fragments are calculated based on three different hypotheses for the charge distribution. The results seem to indicate that the hypothesis of equal charge displacement gives the best fit to the Gaussian distribution for the masses of the fission fragments. By comparison with the mass distributions for ²⁰⁹Bi (¹²C, f), ²³⁸U(¹²C, f) and ¹⁹⁷Au(¹²C, f) in our early measurement, we find that for fission parameter Z²/A>37, the width of the mass distributions increases with Z²/A rapidly.     

Light Particle and Complex Fragments Emission from 12C Induced Reactions on 58Ni,64Ni at E/A=46.2MeV

Energy spectra of light charged particles and complex fragments emitted in the interaction of 46.2MeV/u ¹²C with different target ⁵⁸Ni,⁶⁴Ni,¹²C,¹⁹⁷Au and ²⁰⁹Bi have been measured by telescopes,consisting of CsI(Tl) and surface barrier detector stacks.These telescopes for light charged particles and complex fragments have good energy resolution and mass identification.The inclusive data have been analysed within a moving source parametrization.The complex fragment yields from different targets have been compared at several angles.The systematic variation of deduced isotope yields ratios with different reaction systems is used to detemine the N/Z degree of freedom equilibration of the system achieved.     

Study of the Reaction Mechanisms Induced by 16O on 64Ni at 96MeV

The angular distributions and Wilczynski plots of emitted fragments from He to O in reaction of ¹⁶O+⁶⁴Ni at 96MeV have been measured.The DIC cross section and intereaction time were obtained.DIC character of the reaction was discussed.The trace which shows that the emitted fragments of He and Li mainly come from the evaporation process of compound nuclei emerged.     

Origins of the Forward Emission of Complex Fragments for 40Ar+159Tb Reaction at 30MeV/u

Light charged particles and complex fragments have been measured at forward angles in coincidence with two fission fragments for ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁵⁹Tb reaction at 25MeV/u. These three-body coincident events were sorted as a function of the impact parameter using linear momentum transfer and total transverse momenta methods. Equilibrium statistical emissions of complex fragments from quasi-target residues accompanied by non-equilibrium mid-rapidity components were found to dominate in central collisions, while projectile fragmentations were found to dominate in peripheral collision. Three components of complex-fragments from quasi-target, quasi-projectile and mid-rapidity soures were found in mid-central collision.     

Complex Fragments Emitted in Reactions of 46．7MeV/u 12C on 197Au,115In and 58Ni

Energy spectra of complex fragments emitted in the reactions of 46.7MeV/u ¹²C with different targets ¹⁹⁷Au,¹¹⁵In and ⁵⁸Ni have been measured by telescopes,consisting of a gis ionization counter followed by a position Sensitive semiconductor detector.Tha most probable kinematical energies.E_p of complex fragments and temperature parameters of long－live intermediate systems have been deduced by complex fragment ernergy spectra.The experimental values of E_p are lower than the calculated ones by E=V_coul+2T.The experimental values of complex fragment yields can be reproduced by simple A.Friedman statistical evaporation model satisfactorily.     

Space-Time Evolution During Emission of Intermediate Mass Fragmentform 40Ar+159Tb Reaction at 30 MeV/u

The emission time of intermediate mass fragments has been studied as afunction of spatial evolution of the source for ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁵⁹Tb reaction at 30 MeV/u.Reduction of the mass number of source has a very small effect on the extractedemission time. For the high-energy fragments with a short emission time ≤100fm/c,a smaller nuclear density would lead to a smaller assignment for, therefore thevalues extracted in the normal nuclear density could be taken as upper limits of realvalues. For the low-energy fragments, their emission times do not vary with size ofthe source and these values could be taken as real values.     

Investigation of Intermediate Mass Fragments Emitted in the Reaction of 294MeV 20Ne+159Tb

Intermediate mass fragments(2Z≤11) emitted from 294 MeV ²⁰Ne+¹⁵⁹Tb reaction have been measured by △E-E telescope counters at the angle of 10°—150°region.The energy spectra of the fragments at back angle(>90°) have bell shape,and their peaks locate near the Coulomb barrier of exit channel.The analysis of the energy spectra has been done in terms of moving source and indicate that all the fragments are emitted from a common source,the compound nuclei formed in incomplete fusion process.The charge and angular distributions of the fragments originated from the asymmetric binary decay of the formed compound nuclei have been calculated based on statistical GEMINI code,and the results are in well agreement with the experimental data.     

Excitation Energy and Temperature of Compound Nuclei in the Reaction of 35MeV/u 40Ar+197Au

The fission fragments in the reaction of ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁹⁷Au have been measured coincidently with light charged particles at 35MeV/u by using large area position sensitive detectors and Si-detectors. The velocities of the fissioning compounds are deduced based on the fragments and the excitation energies of the compounds calculated with a hypothesis of massive transfer and taking into account the influence of pre-equilibrium emission of light particles. As the same time,the temperatures of the compounds are extracted by using the energy spectra of the backward light charged particles measured coincidently with fission fragments. The temperature-excitation energy curve does not present the behaviour predicted by the theories.     

Bi—dimension Position Sensitive Detector Used in the Study of Fusion Fission of Heavy Ions at the Sub—Coulomb Barrier Energy Region

The structure,operation principle and performance of the bi—dimension position sensitive avalanche chamber (BPAC) used in the study of fusion fission induced by heavy ions at the near and sub-Coulomb barrier energy region are describerd.
The fold angle distribution of fragments in different angle region for 84MeV(E_cm)¹⁶O+²³²Th reaction system was obtained by using BPAC,from which the angle distribution of transfer—fission fragments has been distinguished from that of compound mucleus fission fragments.It is thereby certified that transfer—fission is not the reason of anomalous anisotropies of fragment angle distribution.Meanwhile experimental results supported the preequilibrium fission model,in frame of which the anomalous anisotropies of fragment distribution was explained.     

Space-Time Evolution of Projectile-Like Fragment Emission for 40Ar +natAg Reaction at 30MeV/u

The emission time of intermediate mass fragments (IMF) has been studied as a function of spatial evolution of the emission source for ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg reaction at 30MeV/u, and the spatial-time evolution of projectile-like fragments emission has also been discussed. The investigation for spatial-time evolution of the reaction system shows that the emission time of the IMF mainly depends on the correlation functions and the density of nuclear matter, and that it is not sensitive to the mass number of emitting sources. For high-energy fragments, a smaller nuclear density would lead to a smaller assignment for emission time τ; therefor the τ values extracted from the normal nuclear density could be taken as upper limits of real τ values. For the mid-velocity fragments, their emission times do not change with size of the source and these τ values could be taken as the real values directly.     

A STUDY OF EXITATION ENERGIES SHARING BETWEEN FRAGMENTS IN HEAVY-ION REACTIONS

In this paper the excitation energies sharing between fragments in heavy-ion reaction were analysed based on Coherent Surface Excitation Model (CSEM) For ⁵⁶Fe+²³⁸U at E_Lab=476MeV and ⁸⁶Kr+²⁰⁸Pb at E_Lab=1565MeV reactions,a comparison between experimental data and calculated values has been made.     

Origins of Intermediate Mass Fragments for 40Ar+natAg Reaction at 30 MeV/u

The energy spectra of intermediate-mass fragments (IMF) (3≤Z≤16) have been measured from 6° to 110° for ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg reachon at 30 MeV/u. The energy spectra were analyzed by the moving source model. The natUres of the projechle-like source, target-like source and mid-rapidity source as well as the evolution with angle and nuclear charge were discussed. Two intermediate mass fragments, measured by correlation method in forward angles, come from two sources. One comes from projectile-like source, and other one mainly comes from intermediate source respectively.     

Phenomenological Scaling of Rapidity Dependence for Anisotropic Flows in 25 MeV/nucleon Ca＋Ca by Quantum Molecular Dynamics Model

Anisotropic flows （v1, v2, v3 and v4） of light fragments up to the mass number 4 as a function of rapidity are studied for 25 MeV/nucleon ^40Ca ＋ ^40Ca at large impact parameters by a quantum molecular dynamics model. A phenomenological scaling behaviour of rapidity dependent flow parameters vn （n = 1, 2, 3 and 4） is found as a function of mass number plus a constant term, which may arise from the interplay of collective and random motions. In addition, v4/v2^2 keeps to be almost independent of rapidity and remains a rough constant of 1/2 for all light fragments.     

MEASUREMENT OF FISSION FRAGMENT ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION IN HEAVY-IONS INDUCED REACTION

The angular distributions of fission fragments for a series of compound nuclei formed in the bombardment of ¹⁸¹Ta,¹⁹⁷Au Pb and ²⁰⁹Bi by ¹²C ions and in the bombardment of natural lead by ¹⁴N ions were measu ed with mica track detectors and gold surface barrier detectors.It is shown that all experimental data for the fission fragment angular distributions can be fitted by the statistical scission model of fission fragment angular distribution.     

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS OF FISSION FRAGMENTS IN INTERACTIONS OF 12C IONS WITH VARIOUS TARGETS

Angular distributions of fission fragments were measured for a series of compound nuclei formed in the bombardment of ¹⁶⁹Tm,¹⁷⁵Lu,¹⁸¹Ta,W,Re,Pt,¹⁹⁷Au,Pb and ²⁰⁹Bi by ¹²C ions with mica track detectors and gold surface barrier silicon detectors.All the measured angular distributions can be fitted satisfactorily by the theoretical formula based on saddle point model.The variation trend for K² with the excitation energy increasing was given at various ranges of the fission parameter Z²/A.     

Temperatures and Excitation Energies of Hot Nuclei in Reactions of 40Ar+natAg,209Bi at MeV/u

Coincidence measurements of fission fragment and light charged particle have been perfotrmed for the reactions of ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg,²⁰⁹Bi at E/A=25MeV using 4 PPAC and 11 sets of ΔE-E telescopes.Angular correlations of fission fragment were ploted as a function of the folding angle between the two detected fission fragments.The linear momentum transfer distributions were derived by measuring angular correlations.The backward spectra of light particles detected in coincidence with fission fragments having different average〈LMT〉are analyzed with Maxwell distribution.After some corrections the initial temperatures of the hot nuclei are determined from the energy spectra.The excitation energies corresponding to the different average〈LMT〉are obtained considering the reaction Q values and pre-equilibrum emission.In the central collision of the ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg,²⁰⁹Bi reactions,excitation energies are measured to be about 4.2MeV/u,2.4MeV/u and temperatures about 6.1MeV,5.5MeV,respecdvely.In semi-central collision,excitaionen energies are measured to be about 3.5MeV/u,1.9MeV/u and temperatures about 5.8MeV,4.8MeV respectively.