The low-energy limit of validity of the intranuclear cascade model |
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Authors: | J Cugnon P Henrotte |
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Institution: | (1) University of Liège, Institute of Physics B5, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium, BE |
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Abstract: | The intranuclear cascade model is generally considered to be valid when the incident particle has a sufficiently small de
Broglie wavelength to interact with individual nucleons. On this basis, a lower limit of 200 MeV is usually quoted for the
incident energy in nucleon-induced reactions. Here this statement is questioned. A pragmatic approach is used, which compares
the predictions of the Liège intranuclear cascade model with available data at incident energy between 40 and 250 MeV. It
is found that this model gives surprisingly good results at energies well below the limit mentioned above. Results are also
compared with the predictions of other models commonly used in this energy range.
Received: 2 September 2002 / Accepted: 22 October 2002 / Published online: 6 March 2003
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Communicated by G. Orlandini |
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Keywords: | PACS 25 40 -h Nucleon-induced reactions – 24 10 -i Nuclear-reaction models and methods – 24 10 Lx Monte Carlo simulations (including hadron and parton cascades and string breaking models) |
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