N/Z Dependence of Projectile Fragmentation
Abstract
The N/Z dependence of projectile fragmentation at relativistic energies has been studied in a recent experiment at the GSI laboratory with the ALADiN forward spectrometer coupled to the LAND neutron detector. Besides a primary beam of 124Sn, also secondary beams of 124La and 107Sn delivered by the FRS fragment separator have been used in order to extend the range of isotopic compositions of the produced spectator sources. With the achieved mass resolution of \Delta A/A \approx 1.5%, lighter isotopes with atomic numbers Z \le 10 are individually resolved. The presently ongoing analyses of the measured isotope yields focus on isoscaling and its relation to the properties of hot fragments at freeze-out and on the derivation of chemical freeze-out temperatures which are found to be independent of the isotopic composition of the studied systems. The latter result is at variance with the predictions for limiting temperatures as obtained with finite-temperature Hartree-Fock calculations.
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@article{arxiv.0711.4462,
title = {N/Z Dependence of Projectile Fragmentation},
author = {W. Trautmann and P. Adrich and T. Aumann and C. O. Bacri and T. Barczyk and R. Bassini and S. Bianchin and C. Boiano and A. S. Botvina and A. Boudard and J. Brzychczyk and A. Chbihi and J. Cibor and B. Czech and M. De Napoli and J. -E. Ducret and H. Emling and J. D. Frankland and M. Hellstroem and D. Henzlova and G. Imme and I. Iori and H. Johansson and K. Kezzar and A. Lafriakh and A. Le Fevre and E. Le Gentil and Y. Leifels and J. Luehning and J. Lukasik and W. G. Lynch and U. Lynen and Z. Majka and M. Mocko and W. F. J. Mueller and A. Mykulyak and H. Orth and A. N. Otte and R. Palit and P. Pawlowski and A. Pullia and G. Raciti and E. Rapisarda and H. Sann and C. Schwarz and C. Sfienti and H. Simon and K. Suemmerer and M. B. Tsang and G. Verde and C. Volant and M. Wallace and H. Weick and J. Wiechula and A. Wieloch and B. Zwieglinski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4462},
year = {2009}
}
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11 pages, 5 figures, Proceedings of International Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics in Heavy-Ion Reactions and Neutron Stars, Beijing, July 10-14, 2007, to appear in International Journal of Modern Physics E