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Sequential feeding and temperature determinations from the relative populations of widely separated states in /sup 4/He, /sup 5/Li, and /sup 8/Be nuclei

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)
Statistical calculations are performed to evaluate the sequential decay of highly excited primary reaction products and the resulting perturbations of the relative populations of widely separated particle unbound states in light nuclei. Previous calculations are improved upon by including more states in the primary distribution and constraining the element distribution by that measured experimentally. Emission temperatures of about 5 MeV, extracted from the relative populations of states in /sup 4/He, /sup 5/Li, and /sup 8/Be nuclei emitted in the /sup 16/O+Au reaction at E/A = 94 MeV, are not likely due to sequential feeding from an ensemble of primary fragments characterized by much higher initial temperatures.
Research Organization:
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
OSTI ID:
6692639
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 38:6; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English