Statistical simulation of the breakup of highly excited nuclei

Mar, 1987
24 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 475 (1987) 663-686
  • Published: 1987

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We employ a model of multifragmentation of highly excited nuclei based on the statistical approach and a liquid-drop description of hot fragments. We consider the principal equations of this model and the methods of solving them in the canonical and macrocanonical approximations. We then calculate the multifragment break-up of nuclei taking into account the de-excitation of hot fragments both by Fermi break-up and by evaporation of clusters. Finally, we analyze the main features of the multifragment break-up and compare them with those of the evaporation decay of highly excited nuclei.