Abstract
In this paper we study the emission of 8Begs, B and N fragments in the interaction of 160 ions with 59Co, 93Nb and 197Au at incident energies varying from 6 to 25 MeV/nucleon. The spectra of these fragments, as well as those of C fragments studied in a previous paper, are dominated at forward angles by a component originating from break-up of 16O. At the higher incident energies break-up occurs after quite a sizeable projectile energy loss. Another mechanism which dominates at large emission angles, favours the emission of low-energy fragments and is attributed to the coalescence of nucleons during the cascade of nucleon-nucleon interactions by means of which the excited nuclei produced in the primary two-ion interaction thermalize.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 195-212 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | European Physical Journal A |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics