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Title: Strongly damped collisions in the $sup 84$Kr + $sup 209$Bi reaction

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OSTI ID:4099756

Information on a new reaction mechanism, characterized by strongly damped collisions (SDC), is presented for bombardments of $sup 209$Bi with $sup 84$Kr ions from the Berkeley SuperHILAC. This process accounts for a significant fraction of the reaction cross section in interactions between heavy target nuclei and projectiles of $sup 40$Ar and heavier. The exit channel properties of the strongly damped collisions exhibit the following features: two fragments are emitted with masses near those of the target and projectile, although exchanges of several nucleons can occur; strong damping of the energy degree of freedom is observed; fragment energies are characteristic of deformed fission fragments, representing an attenuation of 100-150 MeV in the entrance channel energy, and the angular distribution for the $sup 84$Kr-like product is strongly peaked at an angle near the classical grazing angle. Measurements have been conducted with 600-MeV and 714-MeV $sup 84$Kr ions. These are compared with the work of Hanappe et al. at 525 MeV. (auth)

Research Organization:
Univ. of Maryland, College Park; Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
NSA Number:
NSA-33-019095
OSTI ID:
4099756
Report Number(s):
ORO-4856-26; CONF-750447-
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2. international conference on clustering phenomena in nuclei, College Park, Maryland, USA, 21 Apr 1975; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-76; Related Information: Clustering phenomena in nuclei: II
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English