Excitation-energy sharing in20Ne induced reactions

Excitation-energy sharing has been studied in the²⁰Ne+⁵⁴Fe reaction at 11 and 15 MeV/nucleon using projectile-like fragment-α correlations. Since the dominant part of the correlation can be described by sequential decay, primary excitation distributions were obtained. An unexpected strong asymmetry in the excitation-energy sharing is observed.     

The relative importance of projectile remnants and hot sources in light-particle correlations

Correlations between two light particles emitted in collisions of 20 MeV/nucleon ²⁰Ne with ¹⁹⁷Au have been measured. Exploiting the information from previous other experiments on this system, the αα correlaations have been analysed in a way to render explicit the contributions of the various distinct and well established reaction channels (sequential decay of projectile-like fragments involving two α-particles, massive transfer with one direct alpha;-particle, the second being evaporated from the heavy residue). Emission from an intermediate source was identified in the correlations, and a cross sf (100±20) mb is extracted for its contribution.     

Decay of primary ejectiles by light particles and complex fragments emission in20, 22Ne+93Nb reactions at 30 MeV/Nucleon

The observation of projectile-like fragments with an energy corresponding to the beam velocity turns out to be mostly explained by the break-up of the projectile, the break-up of the ejectile formed by transfer and the decay of the excited projectile. The analysis of two kinds of correlations, light particle-projectile-like fragment and fragment-fragment, is an adequate tool to distinguish the different processes. Significant differences are observed related to the structures of the two projectiles (²⁰Ne and²²Ne).     

Mechanism of neon-induced reactions studied between 7.5 and 20 MeV/nucleon: Inclusive cross sections

Light and projectile-like fragments as well as fission fragments have been observed from the ²⁰Ne + ¹⁹⁷Au system at 150, 220, 290 and 400 MeV beam energy. Inclusive cross sections are given, and characteristic parameters like the centroids and the widths of momentum, Z- and A-distributions were derived. For comparison, some results of measurements on the ²²Ne + ¹⁹⁷Au and ^{20, 22}Ne + ⁵⁸Ni systems are included. The qualitative behaviour of the cross sections and the derived parameters show that with increasing bombarding energy the incomplete-fusion mechanism (massive transfer) and the sequential decay of projectile transfer residues (sequential break-up) appear in addition to the complete-fusion and ordinary transfer reactions predominant at the lowest bombarding energies. Other mechanisms do not contribute significantly in the energy range up to 20 $\text{MeV}\text{nucleon}$.     

Incomplete deep-inelastic scattering in20Ne+197Au collisions at 20 MeV/nucleon

Correlations between emission angles and energies of coincidentα-particle projectile-fragment pairs have been measured for the²⁰Ne+¹⁹⁷Au system at 390 MeV beam energy. Theα-particles observed close to the direction of the projectile-like fragment were found to result essentially from sequential projectile decay. Starting from the close-geometry data, the contribution of sequentially emittedα-particles was calculated by Monte Carlo simulations for the entire angular range. For deep inelastic events, the measured angular correlations exhibit a spectacular excess over the calculated correlation. This excess is centred close to the beam direction but on the opposite side of it with respect to the detected projectile-like fragment. The correspondingα-particles have velocities around 85% of the projectile velocity indicating emission in an early reaction phase.     

Few nucleon transfer versus fragmentation in the production of projectile-like fragments in the40Ar+68Zn reaction at 27.6 MeV/nucleon

The isotope distributions, momentum width distributions, and velocities of the projectile-like fragments in the⁴⁰Ar on⁶⁸Zn reaction have been measured at 27.6 MeV/nucleon incident energy. The results show the existence of a fragmentation process well described in the framework of the high energy fragmentation model. However, important contributions from direct nucleon transfer and damped collisions are present.     

Breakup temperature of target spectators in 197Au + 197Au collisions at E/A = 1000 MeV

Breakup temperatures were deduced from double ratios of isotope yields for target spectators produced in the reaction ¹⁹⁷Au + ¹⁹⁷Au at 1000 MeV per nucleon. Pairs of ^3,4He and ^6,7Li isotopes and pairs of ^3,4He and H isotopes (p, d and d, t) yield consistent temperatures after feeding corrections, based on the quantum statistical model, are applied. The temperatures rise with decreasing impact parameter from 4 MeV for peripheral to about 10 MeV for the most central collisions. The good agreement with the breakup temperatures measured previously for projectile spectators at an incident energy of 600 MeV per nucleon confirms the universality established for the spectator decayat relativistic bombarding energies. The measured temperatures also agree with the breakup temperatures predicted by the statistical multifragmentation model. For these calculations a relation between the initial excitation energy and mass was derived which gives good simultaneous agreement for the fragment charge correlations. The energy spectra of light charged particles, measured at τ_lab = 150°, exhibit Maxwellian shapes with inverse slope parameters much higher than the breakup temperatures. The statistical multifragmentation model, because Coulomb repulsion and sequential decay processes are included, yields light-particle spectra with inverse slope parameters higher than the breakup temperatures but considerably below the measured values. The systematic behavior of the differences suggests that they are caused by light-charged-particle emission prior to the final breakup stage.     

Probing of complete and incomplete fusion dynamics in heavy-ion collision

Three different types of experiments have been performed to explore the complete and incomplete fusion dynamics in heavy-ion collisions. In this respect, first experiment for the measurement of excitation functions of the evaporation residues produced in the ²⁰Ne + ¹⁶⁵Ho system at projectile energy ranges ≈2–8 MeV /nucleon has been done. Measured cumulative and direct cross-sections have been compared with the theoretical model code PACE-2, which takes into account only the complete fusion process. It has been observed that, incomplete fusion fraction is sensitively dependent on projectile energy and mass asymmetry between the projectile and the target systems. Second experiment for measuring the forward recoil range distributions of the evaporation residues produced in the ²⁰Ne + ¹⁶⁵Ho system at projectile energy ≈8 MeV /nucleon has been done. It has been observed that, some evaporation residues have shown additional peaks in the measured forwardrecoil range distributions at cumulative thicknesses relatively smaller than the expected range of the residues produced via complete fusion. The results indicate the occurrence of incomplete fusion involving the breakup of ²⁰Ne into ⁴He + ¹⁶O and /or ⁸Be + ¹²C followed by one of the fragments with target nucleus ¹⁶⁵Ho. Third experiment for the measurement of spin distribution of the evaporation residues produced in the ¹⁶O + ¹²⁴Sn system at projectile energy ≈6 MeV /nucleon, showed that the residues produced as incomplete fusion products associated with fast α and 2 α-emission channels observed in the forward cone, are found to be distinctly different from those of the residues produced as complete fusion products. The spin distribution of the evaporation residues also inferred that in incomplete fusion reaction channels input angular momentum (J ₀) increases with fusion incompleteness when compared to complete fusion reaction channels. Present observation clearly shows that the production of fast forward α-particles arises from relatively larger angular momentum in the entrance channel leading to peripheral collision.     

Origin of projectile-like fragments from40Ar +68Zn collisions between 15 and 35 MeV/nucleon: Direct transfer of nucleons and projectile fragmentation

The projectile-like fragments emitted in the⁴⁰Ar +⁶⁸Zn reaction performed at 14.6, 19.6, 27.6 and 35 MeV/nucleon are studied. Their energy spectra and angular distributions have been measured. Velocities, widths of the linear momentum distributions and cross sections have been deduced. The results are discussedi) in terms of transfer of a few nucleons and analysed with a diffractional model. They are consistent, for stripping reactions, with a direct transfer of nucleons and a target excitation yielding multiparticlemultihole configurations,ii) In terms of projectile fragmentation-like process with a modified abrasion model taking into account the energy separation of the participant nucleons. The projectile fragmentation-like process appears above 20 MeV/nucleon and strongly competes with transfer of nucleons at 35 MeV/nucleon. The evolution of the mechanisms with incident energy is discussed on the basis of the reduced widths of the linear momentum distributions and on those of velocities and cross sections.     

Fast neutron emission from partial fusion heavy ion reactions

The Boltzmann master equation theory which succesfully reproduces the spectra of fast nucleons emitted in fusion and quasi-fusion heavy ion reactions is used to predict the spectra of fast nucleons in coincidence with a projectile-like fragment in the interaction of 35 MeV/ nucleon¹⁴N with¹⁶⁵Ho. In particular it is shown that the spectra of neutrons in coincidence with a high energy projectile-like fragment emitted at a very forward angle with energy corresponding to the beam velocity may be reproduced satisfactorily assuming an elastic breakup of the projectile followed by fusion of one of the fragments with the target nucleus.     

30MeV/u40Ar+159Tb反应中中等质量碎片的发射时标与发射机制

报道30MeV/u⁴⁰Ar+¹⁵⁹Tb反应中碎片-碎片关联函数的实验结果．利用三体弹道模型从关联函数提取了中等质量碎片发射时间．中等质量碎片的平均发射时间随碎片能量而变化，从低能时的约500fm/c下降至高能时的约100fm/c．中等质量碎片发射时间随束流能量的升高而下降，表明随着束流能量的升高中等质量碎片发射机制逐渐从相继两体衰变向多重碎裂发射过渡．对于⁴⁰Ar+¹⁵⁹Tb反应，此过渡能区在35—45MeV/u之间 关键词：     

Multifragmentation study on 30 AMeV32S+58Ni

In a multidetector experiment on 26 or 30 AMeV³²S+⁵⁸Ni, up to four coincident heavier or intermediate-mass fragments were observed. One of these occasionally has the characteristics of a projectile-like fragment, up to three may be attributed to the decay of the heavy reaction product. Taking the velocity of the fragments as a measure of the heavy-product excitation energy, one finds evaporation, fission and multifragmentation to follow one another with rising excitation. Model simulations of sequential decay with up to two binary fissions and, alternatively, of simultaneous statistical multifragmentation were performed for comparison with experimental distributions of mass, velocity and (for events with three slow intermediate-mass fragments) relative azimuthal angle. Though in the three-fragment events indications of simultaneous multifragmentation are present, the sequential binary decay predominates. Evaporated protons and α particles detected in coincidence have a mean multiplicity growing with excitation energy, while the temperature governing the spectra has a plateau with a value of about 5.5 MeV.     

Discrete γ-rays in the reactions of 143 MeV32S with58Ni

The reactions induced by 143 MeV³²S on⁵⁸Ni have been studied detecting discrete γ-rays in coincidence with projectile-like fragments (PLF). Information on PLF excitation probability and sequential decay of target-like fragments (TLF) has been obtained. For the²⁸Si+⁶²Zn outgoing channel at small energy loss (¦Q¦<20 MeV), both PLF and TLF data indicate that thermal equilibrium is not attained. The hypothesis of an equal excitation energy partition between the two reaction fragments does not describe properly experimental TLF data. A dependence of PLF excitation probability on the outgoing channel is found for the two final channels³²S+⁵⁸Ni and²⁸Si+⁶²Zn. The values of the spin alignment parameterP _zz, derived for PLF and TLF from measurements ofγ-rays anisotropy, are in disagreement with the expectations of the transport theory for dissipative collisions.     

Angular momentum,statistical equilibrium and sequential fission in very asymmetric systems

The in-and out-of-plane angular distributions for fission fragments in coincidence with projectile-like products from the reaction of 252 MeV²⁰Ne with¹⁹⁷Au and²³⁸U have been measured. The results are compared to a statistical model which has successfully explainedγ-ray anisotropies from a heavy symmetric system. The agreement is rather good after proper consideration of the direction of the line-of-centers at contact.     

Magnitude and alignment of transferred angular momentum in both quasi and deeply inelastic scattering

In-plane and out-of-plane angular correlations of fission fragments in coincidence with projectile-like fragments have been measured for the ⁸⁶Kr + ²³⁸U reaction at 730 MeV. The dependence of the magnitude and alignment of the angular momentum transferred to the fissioning heavy reaction product has been determined. Both quantities decrease strongly with decreasing energy loss in the quasi elastic region, in agreement with the predictions of a transport model.     

Light charged particle emission and fission in238U+238U collisions at 1,740 MeV

Inclusive⁴He and⁴H energy spectra and heavy fragment coincidence correlations have been measured for reactions of 7.31 MeV/u²³⁸U with²³⁸U and^?197Au targets. The H/He production cross sections are in the range 15–26 mb, and their emission spectra are very similar for the two systems. The observed strong kinematic shifts with angle are reproduced in shape and magnitude by Monte Carlo simulations of particle evaporation from projectile-like and target-like fragments, indicating competition between charged particle emission and sequential fission. No evidence is found for high energy charged particle emission associated with ultra-highZ composite systems. Heavy fragment measurements indicate an abundance of quasielastic and deeply inelastic reaction fragments, as well as sequential fission of target and projectile nuclei. For²³⁸U nuclei, the fission occurs predominantly in an asymmetric mode, reminiscent of fission at low excitation energy. For²³⁸+²³⁸U reactions in the vicinity of the grazing angle, the frequency of single sequential fission (with survival of the partner fragment) is twice as large as double sequential fission in which both the target and projectile undergo fission. In²³⁸U+¹⁹⁷Au reactions, the survival probability of the heavy fragments is even greater. The surprisingly high survival probabilities of high-Z fragments imply a preponderance of very soft collisions in these very-heavy-ion reactions, at least at energies not very far over the Coulomb barrier.     

Excitation energy partition in quasielastic collisions of 8 · A MeV116Sn with48Ti

The partition of excitation energy between fragments from reactions of 8 A · MeV¹¹⁶Sn with⁴⁸Ti was studied. The experimental setup rendered possible the unambiguous identification of primary fragments up to total excitation energies of 50 MeV. Neutron mulitplicities of both projectile-like and target-like fragments were experimentally determined as a function of excitation energy. Comparison of these quantities with the results of numerical calculations of sequential decay including rotation of the fragments allowed the determination of excitation energy partition and the associated fluctuations.This work is part of the doctoral thesis of K.-Th. Brinkmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum 1991