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Comparison of dynamical multifragmentation models

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Multifragmentation scenarios, as predicted by antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) or momentum-dependent stochastic mean-field (BGBD) calculations are compared. While in the BGBD case fragment emission is clearly linked to the spinodal decomposition mechanism, i.e. to mean-field instabilities, in AMD many-body correlations have a stronger impact on the fragmentation dynamics and clusters start to appear at earlier times. As a consequence, fragments are formed on shorter time scales in AMD, on about equal footing of light particle pre-equilibrium emission. Conversely, in BGBD pre-equilibrium and fragment emissions happen on different time scales and are related to different mechanisms.

Cite

@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0609053,
  title  = {Comparison of dynamical multifragmentation models},
  author = {J. Rizzo and M. Colonna and A. Ono},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0609053},
  year   = {2008}
}