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Radial collective energy <strong>and</strong> fragment partitions in<br />
multifragmentation of hot heavy <strong>nuclei</strong><br />
<strong>IPN</strong>O Participation: B. Borderie, E. Galichet, M. F. Rivet<br />
Collaborations : INDRA <strong>and</strong> ALADIN<br />
LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/<strong>IN2P3</strong>, Caen, France<br />
GANIL, CEA et CNRS/<strong>IN2P3</strong>, Caen, France<br />
<strong>IPN</strong> Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, CNRS/<strong>IN2P3</strong>, Villeurbanne, France<br />
IRFU/SPhN, CEA/Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France<br />
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire, Université Laval, Québec, Canada<br />
Dpt de Scienze Fisiche e Sez. INFN, Università di Napoli « Federico II », Napoli, Italy<br />
N<strong>IPN</strong>E, Bucharest Magurele, Romania<br />
Institute of Nuclear Physics IFJ-PAN, Krakov, Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
The Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw, Pol<strong>and</strong><br />
Les partitions de fragments issus de la désexcitation par multifragmentation de <strong>noyaux</strong> chauds produits<br />
dans des collisions centrales et semi-périphériques ont été comparées dans le domaine en énergie d’excitation<br />
ou l’on observe la présence d’énergie collective radiale. Il est montré qu’à énergie d’excitation par<br />
nucléon fixée (thermique + collective) pour les <strong>noyaux</strong> chauds, l’énergie collective radiale moyenne fixe la<br />
multiplicité moyenne de fragments. De plus, les partitions de fragments sont complètement déterminées à<br />
multiplicité réduite de fragments donnée. Le volume de freeze-out est vraisemblablement responsable de la<br />
loi d’échelle observée.<br />
Introduction<br />
Nucleus-nucleus collisions at intermediate energies<br />
offer various possibilities to produce hot <strong>nuclei</strong><br />
which undergo a break-up into smaller pieces,<br />
which is called multifragmentation. The measured<br />
fragment properties are expected to reveal the<br />
existence of a phase transition for hot <strong>nuclei</strong> which<br />
was earlier theoretically predicted for nuclear matter<br />
[1]. By comparing in detail the properties of<br />
fragments (Z ≥ 5) emitted by hot <strong>nuclei</strong> formed in<br />
central (quasi-fused systems, QF, from<br />
129 Xe+ nat Sn, 25-50 AMeV) <strong>and</strong> semi-peripheral collisions<br />
(quasi-projectiles, QP, from 197 Au+ 197 Au, 80<br />
<strong>and</strong> 100 AMeV), i.e. with different dynamical conditions<br />
for their formation, the role of radial collective<br />
energy on partitions is emphasized [2] <strong>and</strong> general<br />
properties of partitions are deduced.<br />
Radial collective energy <strong>and</strong> fragment partitions<br />
To make a meaningful comparison of fragment<br />
properties which can be related to the nuclear phase<br />
diagram, hot <strong>nuclei</strong> showing, to a certain extent,<br />
statistical emission features must be selected. For<br />
central collisions (QF events) one selects complete<br />
<strong>and</strong> compact events in velocity space (constraint of<br />
flow angle ≥ 60°). For peripheral collisions (QP<br />
subevents) the selection method applied to quasiprojectiles<br />
minimizes the contribution of dynamical<br />
emissions by imposing a compacity of fragments in<br />
velocity space.The excitation energies of the different<br />
hot <strong>nuclei</strong> produced are calculated using the<br />
calorimetry procedure (see [2] for details); they<br />
include thermal <strong>and</strong> radial energies. By comparing<br />
the properties of selected sources on the same<br />
excitation energy domain, significant differences<br />
Figure 1: Evolution of the radial collective<br />
energy with the excitation energy per nucleon<br />
for different sources. Full squares st<strong>and</strong> for<br />
QF sources. Open (full) circles correspond to<br />
QP sources produced in 80 (100) AMeV collisions.<br />
Full triangles correspond to π - + Au<br />
<strong>reaction</strong>s <strong>and</strong> the open square to an estimate<br />
of the thermal part of the radial collective<br />
energy for Xe + Sn sources produced at 50<br />
AMeV incident energy.<br />
are observed above 5 AMeV excitation energy. QF<br />
sources have larger mean fragment multiplicities,<br />
, even normalized to the sizes of the sources<br />
(which differ by about 20% for QF <strong>and</strong> QP<br />
sources), <strong>and</strong> lower values for generalized asymmetry:<br />
A Z = σ Z / ( √M frag -1).<br />
A possible explanation of those different fragment<br />
partitions is related to the different dynamical<br />
contraints applied to the hot <strong>nuclei</strong> produced:<br />
a compression-expansion cycle for central collisions<br />
<strong>and</strong> a more gentle friction-abrasion process<br />
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