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Fast Ternary and Quaternary Breakup of the {sup 197}Au+{sup 197}Au System in Collisions at 15 MeV/nucleon

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
  2. The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Swierk/Warsaw (Poland)
  3. INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy)
  4. INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Messina and Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Messina, Messina (Italy)
  5. Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagellonian University, Cracow (Poland)
A new reaction mechanism of violent reseparation of a heavy nucleus-nucleus system, {sup 197}Au+{sup 197}Au, into three or four massive fragments in collisions at 15 MeV/nucleon has been observed. After reseparation, the fragments are almost exactly aligned, thus showing a very short time scale of the reseparation process, of about 70-80 fm/c.
OSTI ID:
21180078
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 26 Vol. 101; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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