Correlation phenomena in the fragmentation of 32s-induced reactions

Fragmentation data from the reactions ³²S + ²⁸Si, ⁴⁰Ca, ⁵⁸Ni at 10 MeV/u are used to deduce the scission configurations. Assuming three fragments the possible scission configurations are expanded into two basic configurations (closed and stretched configurations) which can be distinguished by means of the relative fragment momenta. The majority of the analyzed reactions is in agreement with the assumption of random fragmentation. However, in a few reactions consisting of one heavy and two light fragments the fragmentation appears to pass through the closed configuration, whereas the stretched configuration is formed in reactions containing one light and two heavy fragments.