Multiple nucleon knockout by Coulomb dissociation in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6859115

Cucinotta, F A; Norbury, J W; Townsend, L W

The Coulomb dissociation contributions to fragmentation cross sections in relativistic heavy ion collisions, where more than one nucleon is removed, are estimated using the Weizsacker-Williams method of virtual quanta. Photonuclear cross sections taken from experimental results were used to fold into target photon number spectra calculated with the Weizsacker-Williams method. Calculations for several projectile target combinations over a wide range of charge numbers, and a wide range of incident projectile energies, are reported. These results suggest that multiple nucleon knockout by the Coulomb field may be of negligible importance in galactic heavy ion studies for projectiles lighter than Fe-56.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA (USA). Langley Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6859115
• Report Number(s): N-89-10612; NASA-TM-4070; L-16466; NAS-1.15:4070; TRN: 89-001708
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
HEAVY ION REACTIONS
KNOCK-OUT REACTIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
DISSOCIATION
FRAGMENTATION
NUCLEONS
PHOTOIONIZATION
THEORETICAL DATA
WEIZSAECKER FORMULA
BARYONS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
DATA
DIRECT REACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
HADRONS
INFORMATION
IONIZATION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
653003* - Nuclear Theory- Nuclear Reactions & Scattering