Charge correlations and isotopic distributions of projectile fragmentation events in {sup 124}Xe+{sup 112}Sn at E/A=50 MeV
- Department of Chemistry and Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, 2401 Milo B. Sampson Lane, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)
- France
Ternary breakup of an excited projectile-like fragment produced in mid-peripheral collisions of {sup 124}Xe projectiles with {sup 112}Sn nuclei at E/A=50 MeV is examined. Charge correlations reveal that symmetric breakups occur with significant probability. By selecting on the parallel velocity of the heaviest fragment we minimize the entrance channel dynamics. Calculations with the statistical decay code GEMINI failed to reproduce the experimental charge correlations for any suitable combination of excitation energy and spin considered. A statistical multifragmentation model (SMM) in which breakup of low-density nuclear matter is assumed was able to reproduce the observed charge correlations. The <N>/Z and isotope distributions of fragments were compared to the results of the SMM calculations. Describing the <N>/Z of heavy fragments (Z>6) within SMM suggests that a reduction of the symmetry energy parameter from {gamma}=25 to 14 MeV is necessary. We observe that the yield of neutron-rich isotopes of heavy fragments is particularly sensitive to the symmetry energy.
- OSTI ID:
- 21296602
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 80, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.80.064611; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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