Coulomb instabilities and multifragment decays for Au+Au at E/A=35 MeV

Journal Article · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Bulletin of the American Physical Society

OSTI ID:374861

Kunde, G J; Dinius, J D; Montoya, C ^[1]

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Multifragmentation disintegrations have been measured for central Au+Au collisions at E/A=35 MeV. The MSU miniball was complimented for this measurement by the Multics array, the total apparatus covered 88 percent of 4{pi}. Fragment emission occurs predominantly at low center of mass energies of about E/A{approx}5 MeV, consistent with a Coulomb dominated breakup from a single source. Mean intermediate mass fragment multiplicities of N{sub IMF} {approx} 6.5 are observed. The fragment charge distribution decreases much more gradually than would be consistent with recent extractions of critical exponents for the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition from heavy ion collisions.

• OSTI ID: 374861
• Report Number(s): CONF-9304297--
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Physical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 40; ISSN BAPSA6; ISSN 0003-0503
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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