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Proton-proton correlations in [sup 40]Ar+[sup 197]Au reactions and the role of the two-particle phase space

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters; (United States)
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  1. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung; D-6100 Darmstadt (Germany) Institut fuer Kernphysik; Universitaet Frankfurt; D-6000 Frankfurt (Germany) Departement de Physique Nucleaire; Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay; F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX (France) Laboratoire National Saturne; Centre d Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay; F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX (France) National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory; Michigan State University; East Lansing; Michigan 48824 (United States) Department of Physics; University of Catania; I-95129 Catania (Italy)
Proton-proton correlations at small relative momenta were measured for [sup 40]Ar+[sup 197]Au reactions at [ital E]/[ital A]=200 MeV. Comparing the correlation functions to predictions based on single-particle phase space distributions from microscopic Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck and quantum-molecular-dynamics (QMD) simulations, no satisfactory agreement could be established. Calculations utilizing two-particle emission probabilities predicted by the QMD model differ significantly from the single-particle calculations and are much closer to the experimental observations at [ital E]/[ital A]=200 MeV, potentially signaling the importance of the two-particle density for the proton-proton correlation function.
OSTI ID:
6461612
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 70:17; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English