Neutron emission in deep inelastic collisions of28Si on64Ni at 170 MeV

Energy and angular distributions of neutrons were measured in coincidence with the projectile-like fragments in deep inelastic collisions of²⁸Si on⁶⁴Ni at 170 MeV. Our data are consistent with the assumption of isotropic emission of neutrons in the rest frame of the fully accelerated fragments. Neutron multiplicities suggest that thermal equilibrium is not reached at least for energy losses of the system around 50 MeV.     

Formation and deexcitation of the composite nucleus in the Ni + Al reaction at 28 A·MeV

The formation and the deexcitation of the composite nucleus formed during the Ni + Al reaction at 28 A·MeV has been studied with the 4 π multidetector AMPHORA. A rigourous selection of the experimental data is described in order to extract a central collision sample. Then different models are compared to the data. The incomplete fusion process is in agreement with the data. The azimuthal angle correlations of He-Li and Li-Li pairs have been used to discriminate sequential or instantaneous emission. The sequential deexcitation is more consistent with all the data. The different analyses allow to describe all the characteristics of the compound nucleus and finally a fusion cross section of 300 ± 100 mbarn has been measured. Received: 11 February 1998 / Revised version: 1 August 1998     

Sequential emission of neutrons in the reaction16O+64Ni at 7.5–12 MeV per nucleon

Neutron energy and angular distributions have been studied in coincidence with projectilelike fragments (PF) for quasielastic and deeply inelastic collisions of¹⁶O on⁶⁴Ni at 7.5–12 MeV/u bombarding energy. The neutron yield can be explained assuming only two isotropically emitting sources:i) sequential emission from fully accelerated PF andii) evaporation from fully accelerated targetlike fragments (TF). ForZ=6 andZ=8 ejectiles known excited states in¹³C and¹⁷O could be identified. For oxygen, this suggests a direct excitation process,n pickup from the target. No significant evidence for preequilibrium neutron emission was found even at the highest bombarding energy. The TF temperatures and neutron multiplicities are consistent with the assumption that thermal equilibrium was reached during the binary reaction.     

Maximum excitation energy in fusion-evaporation reactions from light particle multiplicity measurements in32S+58Ni at 25 MeV/A

By using two 4 detector systems for charged particles and neutrons, we measured the evaporated light particles emitted in coincidence with evaporation residues (ER) produced in the reaction³²S+⁵⁸Ni atE(³²S) 820 MeV. From the analysis of the light particle multiplicities as a function of the ER velocity, we extracted the maximum excitation energy reached in fusion evaporation reactions for the studied system.Supported by the European Community Programme Human Capital and Mobility     

The 28Si(7Li, 7Be)28Al reaction at 36 MeV

The ²⁸Si(⁷Li, ⁷Be)²⁸Al reaction has been investigated at E_7Li = 36 MeV. States and groups of states were observed up to 5.3 MeV excitation in the ²⁸Al+⁷Be system. Experimental angular distribution for unresolved doublets of states at ≈ 0.0 and 0.44 MeV excitation, corresponding to ⁷Be in its ground state (⁷Be₀) and first excited states (⁷Be₁) with ²⁸Al in its ground state (3⁺) and first excited state (0.031 MeV, 2⁺) are compared with microscopic distorted wave approximation calculations.     

Dissipative processes at forward angles in the28Si+natSi Reaction at 12.4 MeV/Nucleon

High resolution positron spectroscopy in U-U collisions at bombarding energies of 5.6 MeV/u, the lowest energy studied until now as well as of 5.9 MeV/u, reveals similar multiple structures between 220 keV and 385 keV superimposed on the induced and nuclear continua.     

Study of the28Si(d,p)29Si reaction at 3·22 MeV

The differential cross section of the²⁸Si(d,p)²⁹Si reaction at deuteron energy 3·22 MeV has been measured and analyzed including transitions to final states in²⁹Si up to the 5·809 MeV level. Angular distributions are compared with the DWBA and Hauser-Feshbach calculations. Satisfactory agreement is obtained for most of the levels. An attempt is made to explain the angular distribution leading to the excitation of the 4·078 MeV level as a two-step process.     

Alpha-particle production in the reaction 6Li+28Si at near-barrier energies

The production of alpha particles in the 6Li+28Si reaction was studied at near-barrier energies. Angular distributions were performed at four bombarding energies, namely, 7.5, 9, 11, and 13 MeV. The distributions were characterized by a Gaussian shape, which was integrated in order to obtain alpha-particle cross sections. Our results were compared with previous data of 6Li scattering on various heavier targets and found to exhibit a universal behavior. Present continuum-discretized-coupled-channel calculations support the obtained data. The consequences of the systematic behavior of the alpha-particle production on the unusual behavior of the imaginary potential observed previously in elastic scattering of weakly bound systems is discussed.     

Angular momentum transfer in the deepinelastic reaction 245 MeV32S +64Ni from neutron angular correlations

In- and out-of-plane angular distributions have been measured for sequential neutron emission from targetlike fragments produced in fully kinetic energy released heavy-ion collisions. Fragment spins were deduced from the out-of-plane anisotropy as a function of mass asymmetry, using a semiclassical statistical model. The results are consistent with rigid rotation of an intermediate complex formed in collisions with partial waves confined to a narrowl-window localized just above the critical angular momentum for complete fusion. The extracted values ofP _zz imply rather strong alignment of the fragment spins along the reaction normal.     

Fission time in the 28Si + natPt reaction

The experimental fission times are analyzed for excited nuclei produced in the ²⁸Si + ^natPt reaction. Experimental lifetimes obtained by the crystal-blocking technique range between 10^?17 and 10^?18 s at bombarding energies between 140 and 170 MeV, respectively. Experimental data are analyzed within the statistical theory of nuclear reactions and the double-humped-fission-barrier model with allowance for preequilibrium processes and the nuclear-dissipation phenomenon. It is shown that fission barriers retain their double-humped structure for nuclear temperatures up to about 1.7–1.8 MeV and that the lifetimes of excited strongly deformed states in the second potential well contribute substantially to the observed delay times in the fission decay channel.     

Total cross sections for 4,6He + 28Si reactions measured at 10–28 MeV/A

New results on the energy dependence of the total cross section (σ _R) for ⁶He scattering on ²⁸Si in the incident energy range 10–28 MeV/A are obtained. The α-particle-production cross sections for the ²⁸Si(⁶He, ⁴He)X channel are measured as well. The secondary beam of ⁶He with an intensity of up to 5×10⁴ particle/s was generated by bombarding a thick beryllium target with ～32-MeV/A ⁷Li ions. In the energy region below 17 MeV/A, σ _R increases sharply. The experimental dependences of the total cross sections are compared with the results of σ _R calculations using the double-folding potential within the optical model. The energy dependence of σ _R for ⁶He differs from that for the neighboring nuclei, which can be associated with the structural features of the former nucleus. The energy spectra of α particles produced in the ⁶He interactions with silicon indicate two mechanisms of their production: transfer reaction and ⁶He breakup in the field of the ²⁸Si nucleus.     

Deformation effects in the 28Si+12C and 28Si+28Si reactions

The possible occurrence of highly deformed configurations is investigated in the ⁴⁰Ca and ⁵⁶Ni di-nuclear systems as formed in the ²⁸Si + ¹²C, ²⁸Si reactions by using the properties of emitted light charged particles. Inclusive as well as exclusive data of the heavy fragments and their associated light charged particles have been collected by using the ICARE charged particle multidetector array. The data are analysed by Monte Carlo CASCADE statistical-model calculations using a consistent set of parameters with spin-dependent level densities. Significant deformation effects at high spin are observed as well as an unexpected large ⁸Be cluster emission of a binary nature.     

Large-angle 6Li + 28Si elastic and inelastic scattering at 27 and 34 MeV

Elastic and inelastic scattering data extending to θ_c.m ≈ 175° are reported for ⁶Li + ²⁸Si at 27 and 34 MeV. Optical model analyses of the elastic data were made using a variety of real potential forms. The large-angle data cannot be fitted with a Woods-Saxon real potential, but are well described by Woods-Saxon squared, double-folded or Fourier-Bessel potentials. The real potential is the same at both energies, but the imaginary potential is weaker at 27 MeV. The inelastic data were analyzed using the DWBA and coupled channels techniques with folded real form factors and deformed Woods-Saxon imaginary potentials, with the deformations taken from electron scattering. The 2⁺ state was fitted well at both energies with the DWBA, while the prediction decreased too rapidly at large angles for the 4⁺ state. The large-angle 4⁺ data were better described when two-step excitations were included in the coupled-channels calculations. The forward-angle 2⁺ data are sensitive to the interference between Coulomb and nuclear scattering and show that the nuclear and Coulomb deformation parameters β₂ are equal for this transition.     

A quantum chaotic clock and damping of the coherent nuclear rotation in the 28 Si +64 Ni dissipative collision

We employ the statistical reactions with memory approach to study oscillating excitation functions in the ²⁸ Si(E _lab = 120–126.75 MeV)+⁶⁴ Ni strongly dissipative reaction and the time evolution of the collision process. The nonself-averaging of the oscillations in the excitation functions is interpreted as indication of quantum chaos and damping of the coherent nuclear rotation in dissipative heavy-ion collisions.     

Yrast feeding and multiplicity of gamma transitions in the reaction 124Sn(28Si, 5n) 147Gd at 139, 146 and 152 MeV

The population of high-spin yrast and near yrast states of ¹³⁴⁷Gd and the associated multiplicity of feeding transitions have been studied in the ¹²⁴Sn (²⁸Si, 5n) reaction at 139, 146 and 152 MeV. The yrast feeding is found to be independent of the initial angular momentum distribution and very weak for states of spin greater than 30 ħ. The average multiplicity of γ-transitions is found to increase with increasing beam energy. The experimental results are interpreted in terms of collective excitations within rotational bands that channel the γ- decay towards the known oblate single-particle yrast states below ~30 ħ.     

Prompt light particle emission in the 36Ar + 58Ni reaction at 95 MeV/nucleon

The prompt component at intermediate velocity of light charged particles is investigated. An improved coalescence model coupled to the intra-nuclear cascade code ISABEL is used to obtain light complex particle energy spectra and multiplicities as a function of impact parameter. The results are compared with experimental data from the ³⁶Ar + ⁵⁸Ni experiment at 95 MeV/nucleon, performed with the INDRA 4π detection system. The calculated prompt component is found to rather well reproduce proton spectra. For complex light charged particles the calculated components well populate the high energy part of spectra. Prompt emission can therefore explain the large transverse energies experimentally observed at mid-rapidity. Received: 27 July 2000 / Accepted: 20 November 2000     

The reaction 26Mg(3He,n)28Si at 23 and 45 MeV

Angular distributions of neutron groups from the ²⁶Mg(³He, n)²⁸Si reaction have been measured at bombarding energies of 23.1 and 45.5 MeV. The experimental results are compared with DWBA and coupled-channel calculations. The zero-range DWBA calculation using shell-model two-nucleon spectroscopic amplitudes explains rather well most of the experimental data of the lowest four states in ²⁸Si, but it is necessary to take two-step processes into account to reproduce all of them satisfactorily. A strong neutron group observed at about 6.9 MeV in residual excitation is described as one composed of unresolved four groups, of which three are attributed to positive-parity states in ²⁸Si predicted in this energy region by the shell-model calculation and one to the 6.88 MeV 3⁻ state in ²⁸Si.     

Angular correlations in 28Si + 28Si resonances

Recent particle—particle—γ coincident measurements on a ²⁸Si+²⁸Si resonance have suggested “vanishing spin alignments”. New analyses of the spin alignments with a molecular model are presented. It is clarified that due to a triaxial deformation of the total system a wobbling mode (K-mixing) appears to give rise to spin disalignment.     

Total reaction cross section from the interaction of 4He ions with 28Si at 10–30 MeV

New results have been obtained for the energy dependence of the total reaction cross section σ _R of ⁴He on ²⁸Si in the energy range E _α ≤ 30 meV.