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The damping width of giant dipole resonances of cold and hot nuclei: a macroscopic model
A phenomenological macroscopic model of the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR)
damping width of cold- and hot-nuclei with ground-state spherical and
near-spherical shapes is developed. The model is based on a generalized Fermi
Liquid model which takes into account the nuclear surface dynamics. The
temperature dependence of the GDR damping width is accounted for in terms of
surface- and volume-components. Parameter-free expressions for the damping
width and the effective deformation are obtained. The model is validated with
GDR measurements of the following nuclides, K, Ca, Sc,
Cu, Sn,Eu, Hg, and Pb, and is
compared with the predictions of other models.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Response Function of Hot Nuclear Matter
We investigate the response function of hot nuclear matter to a small
isovector external field using a simplified Skyrme interaction reproducing the
value of the symmetry energy coefficient.
We consider values of the momentum transfer corresponding to the dipole
oscillation in heavy nuclei. We find that while at zero temperature the
particle hole interaction is almost repulsive enough to have a sharp (zero
sound type) collective oscillation, such is no longer the case at temperatures
of a few MeV. As a result a broadening of the dipole resonance occurs, leading
to its quasi disappearence by the time the temperature reaches 5 MeV. The
sensivity of the temperature evolution of the width when modifying the residual
interaction strength is also examined.Comment: 9 pages, IPNO/TH 94-15, DPT-IPN Orsay. Two figures available under
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The onset of classical QCD dynamics in relativistic heavy ion collisions
The experimental results on hadron production obtained recently at RHIC offer
a new prospective on the energy dependence of the nuclear collision dynamics.
In particular, it is possible that parton saturation -- the phenomenon likely
providing initial conditions for the multi--particle production at RHIC
energies -- may have started to set in central heavy ion collisions already
around the highest SPS energy. We examine this scenario, and make predictions
based on high density QCD for the forthcoming 22 GeV run at RHIC.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, revte
Scaling Properties of the Giant Dipole Resonance Width in Hot Rotating nuclei
We study the systematics of the giant dipole resonance width in hot
rotating nuclei as a function of temperature , spin and mass . We
compare available experimental results with theoretical calculations that
include thermal shape fluctuations in nuclei ranging from A=45 to A=208. Using
the appropriate scaled variables, we find a simple phenomenological function
which approximates the global behavior of the giant dipole
resonance width in the liquid drop model. We reanalyze recent experimental and
theoretical results for the resonance width in Sn isotopes and Pb.Comment: LaTeX, 4 pages with 4 figures (to appear in Phys. Rev. Lett.
Multiphonon and ``hot''-phonon Isovector Electric-Dipole Excitations
We argue that a substantial increase in the cross section for Coulomb
excitation in the region of the Double Giant Dipole Resonance should be
expected from Coulomb excitation of excited states involved in the spreading of
the one-phonon resonance, in a manifestation of the Brink-Axel phenomenon. This
generates an additional fluctuating amplitude and a corresponding new term to
be added incoherently to the usual cross-section. The appropriate extension of
an applicable reaction calculation is considered in order to estimate this
effect.Comment: 6 pages, Latex, 1 figure available on reques
An investigation of interplay between dissipation mechanisms in heated Fermi systems by means of radiative strength functions
A simple analytical expression for the gamma-decay strength function is
derived with microcanonical ensemble for initial excited states. The approach
leads to both a non-zero limit of the strength function for vanishing gamma-ray
energy and a partial breakdown of Brink hypothesis. It is shown that the low
energy behaviour of the gamma-decay strength functions is governed by the
energy behavior of the damping width. It may provides a new tool for study of
the interplay between different relaxation mechanisms of the collective
excitations.Comment: LaTeX file with text: 7 pages; 2 gzipped *.ps files with figure
Critical behavior in the variation of GDR width at low temperature
We present the first experimental giant dipole resonance (GDR) width
systematics, in the temperature region 0.8 1.2 MeV for Tl, a
near Pb nucleus, to investigate the evolution of the GDR width in shell effect
& pairing dominated region. The extracted GDR widths are well below the
predictions of shell effect corrected thermal shape fluctuation model (TSFM)
and thermal pairing included phonon damping model. A similar behavior of the
GDR width is also observed for Cu measured in the present work and
Sb, measured earlier. This discrepancy is attributed to the GDR induced
quadrupole moment leading to a critical point in the increase of the GDR width
with temperature. We incorporate this novel idea in the phenomenological
description based on the TSFM for a better understanding of the GDR width
systematics for the entire range of mass, spin and temperature.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B, 7 pages, 4 figure
The Dynamical Dipole Mode in Dissipative Heavy Ion Collisions
We study the effect of a direct Giant Dipole Resonance () excitation in
intermediate dinuclear systems with exotic shape and charge distributions
formed in charge asymmetric fusion entrance channels. A related enhancement of
the gamma yield in the evaporation cascade of the fused nucleus is
expected. The dynamical origin of such extra strength will show up in a
characteristic anisotropy of the dipole gamma-emission. A fully microscopic
analysis of the fusion dynamics is performed with quantitative predictions of
the photon yield based on a dynamics- statistics coupling model. In
particular we focus our attention on the energy and mass dependence of the
effect.
We suggest a series of new experiments, in particular some optimal entrance
channel conditions. We stress the importance of using the new available
radioactive beams.Comment: 20 pages (Latex), 14 Postscript figure
Has saturation physics been observed in deuteron-gold collisions at RHIC?
In the framework of the recently proposed saturation picture, we examine in a
systematic way whether the nuclear modification factor measured for d-Au
collisions at RHIC may be simply explained. The Cronin peak which is obtained
at mid-rapidity around GeV may be reproduced at the proper
height only by boosting the saturation momentum by an additional nuclear
component as already shown in the literature. In this respect, mid-rapidity
RHIC data cannot necessarily be seen as a probe of the saturation picture. The
large rapidity () region allows us to test the shape of the
unintegrated gluon distribution in the nucleus, investigating various
parameterizations inspired by large rapidity solutions (of the BFKL and) of the
Balitsky-Kovchegov (BK) equation. A satisfactory description of at
RHIC is obtained in the BK picture.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
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