Balance of mass, momentum, and energy in splintering central collisions for 40Ar up to 115 MeV /Nucleon

Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Jan 3;84(1):43-6. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.43.

Abstract

For central collisions of (17-115)A MeV 40Ar+Cu, Ag, Au, an overall balance is determined for the average mass, energy, and longitudinal momentum. Light charged particles and fragments are separated into forward-focused and isotropic components in the frame of the heaviest fragment. Energy removal by the isotropic component reaches 1-2 GeV. For such high deposition energies, statistical multifragmentation models predict much more extensive nuclear disassembly than is observed.