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Light charged particle and intermediate mass fragment emission in the reaction 640 MeV {sup 86}Kr+{sup 63}Cu

Journal Article · · Physical Review, C
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  1. Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 (United States)
  2. Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
  4. Department of Physics, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 49423 (United States)
  5. Department of Physics, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173 (United States)
Light charged particles from the reaction 640 MeV {sup 86}Kr+{sup 63}Cu have been measured in singles and in coincidence with intermediate mass fragments, fissionlike fragments, and other light charged particles. Multiplicities for {sup 1}H and {sup 4}He in association with the evaporation residues, fragments, and intermediate mass fragments have been determined. Composite nuclei, most of which decay to evaporation residues, are the major sources of evaporative light-charged particle emission. Average multiplicities for prescission {sup 1}H and {sup 4}He can be associated with the composite nucleus {ital en} {ital route} to scission; they are relatively large and thus suggest a time scale for fission longer than that for evaporation. The multiplicities for {sup 1}H and {sup 4}He in association with the intermediate mass fragments indicate that these fragments are usually born with a significant quantity of excitation energy. These multiplicities are used to estimate the primary masses and kinetic energies of the intermediate mass fragments.
OSTI ID:
142679
Journal Information:
Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 49; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English