Multifragment emission in the reaction 36 Ar + 197 Au at E A =35, 50, 80, and 110 MeV

1991
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 268 (1991) 6-11
  • Published: 1991

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Multifragment emission in the reaction 36 Ar + 197 Au at E A =35, 80, and 110 MeV has been measured with a low-threshold 4π detector array. Over this broad range of incident energies, the mean values and variances of the intermediate mass fragment (IMF: 3 ⩽ Z ⩽ 20) multiplicity distributions exhibit an approximate scaling with the total charged particle multiplicity. The measured multiplicities of light charged particles and intermediate mass fragments are compared with both a model involving statistical decay of an expanding compound nucleus, and with a model involving microscopic quasi-particle dynamics. The statistical decay model predictions are sensitive to the low-density nuclear equation of state.