Multifragmentation in EA=35 MeV Collisions: Evidence for a Coulomb Driven Breakup?

M. D'Agostino, G. J. Kunde, P. M. Milazzo, J. D. Diniu, M. Bruno, N. Colonna, M. L. Fiandri, C. K. Gelbke, T. Glasmacher, F. Gramegna, D. O. Handzy, W. C. Hsi, M. Huang, M. A. Lisa, W. G. Lynch, P. F. Mastinu, C. P. Montoya, A. Moroni, G. F. Peaslee, L. Phair, R. Rui, C. Schwarz, M. B. Tsang, G. Vannini, and C. Williams
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4373 – Published 11 December 1995; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2825 (1996)
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Multifragment disintegrations have been measured for central Au+Au collisions at EA=35 MeV. Fragment emission occurs predominantly at low center of mass energies of about EA≈5 MeV, consistent with a Coulomb dominated breakup of a single source. Mean fragment multiplicities of 〈NIMF〉≈10.8 are extracted after correction for the detection efficiency. The fragment charge distributions decrease much more gradually than expected from scaling laws recently applied to the extraction of critical exponents for the nuclear liquid-gas phase transition from nuclear collisions.

  • Received 3 May 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4373

©1995 American Physical Society

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Multifragmentation in EA=35 MeV Collisions: Evidence for a Coulomb Driven Breakup?

M. D'Agostino, G. J. Kunde, P. M. Milazzo, J. D. Dinius, M. Bruno, N. Colonna, M. L. Fiandri, C. K. Gelbke, T. Glasmacher, F. Gramegna, D. O. Handzy, W. C. Hsi, M. Huang, M. A. Lisa, W. G. Lynch, P. F. Mastinu, C. P. Montoya, A. Moroni, G. F. Peaslee, L. Phair, R. Rui, C. Schwarz, M. B. Tsang, G. Vannini, and C. Williams
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2825 (1996)

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M. D'Agostino2, G. J. Kunde6, P. M. Milazzo2, J. D. Diniu6, M. Bruno2, N. Colonna1, M. L. Fiandri2, C. K. Gelbke6, T. Glasmacher6, F. Gramegna3, D. O. Handzy6, W. C. Hsi6, M. Huang6, M. A. Lisa6,*, W. G. Lynch6, P. F. Mastinu2, C. P. Montoya6,†, A. Moroni4, G. F. Peaslee6,‡, L. Phair6,*, R. Rui5, C. Schwarz6,§, M. B. Tsang6, G. Vannini5, and C. Williams6

  • 1INFN, Via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy
  • 2Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
  • 3INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Via Romea 4, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
  • 4INFN, Via Celoria 12, 20133 Milano, Italy
  • 5Dipartimento di Fisica and INFN, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
  • 6National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

  • *Present address: Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
  • †Present address: Merrill Lynch, World Financial Center, North Tower, New York, NY 10281.
  • ‡Present address: Physics Department, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423.
  • §Present address: Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, D-64220 Darmstadt, Germany.

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