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Title: Reaction mechanisms and their interaction time in dissipative heavy-ion collisions

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (USA)
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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche Universita di Napoli Federico II Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli, Pad. 20 Mostra d'Oltremare, Napoli, (Italy)
  2. Dipartimento di Fisica Universita di Catania Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Corso Italia, 57 Catania, (Italy)
  3. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Legnaro, Padova, (Italy)

Angular distributions of fragments emitted in the reaction {sup 19}F+{sup 63}Cu measured in the range {theta}{sub lab}=10{degree} to 120{degree} at incident energy between 100 to 108 MeV (lab) have been analyzed according to available models for deep inelastic collisions with the aim to evidence different mechanisms contributing to such reactions. The analysis was performed in the framework of Strutinsky model taking into account both the development of Kun and of Abul-Magd and Simbel. To determine the interaction times, previously published excitation functions were also analyzed in the framework of Kun's model of cross section statistical fluctuations and near-side and far-side scattering were taken into account separately. It was pointed out that the rotational energy dissipation occurs in a limited angular range around the grazing angle. The presence of two distinct reaction mechanisms, each of them characterized by an interaction time, was also evidenced by comparing the energy averaged angular distributions to the Abul-Magd and Simbel model for dissipative collisions.

OSTI ID:
7095596
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (USA), Vol. 41:5; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English