5 research outputs found
Symmetry energy of fragments produced in multifragmentation
Isospin properties of fragments measured in multifragmentation of 136Xe and
124Xe projectiles in mid-peripheral collisions with a lead target at 1 A GeV
were studied within the statistical approach describing the liquid-gas nuclear
phase transition. By analyzing the isoscaling phenomenon and the mean N-over-Z
ratio of the fragments with Z=10-13 we have concluded that the symmetry energy
of hot fragments produced in multifragment environment at subnuclear densities
at high temperatures decreases in comparison with cold nuclei.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, background information on
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Nuclear expansion and symmetry energy of hot nuclei
The decrease in the symmetry energy of hot nuclei populated in Ni +
Ni, Fe + Ni and Fe + Fe reactions at beam
energies of 30, 40, and 47 MeV/nucleon, as a function of excitation energy is
studied. It is observed that this decrease is mainly a consequence of
increasing expansion or decreasing density rather than the increasing
temperature. The results are in good agreement with the recently reported
microscopic calculation based on the Thomas-Fermi approach. An empirical
relation to study the symmetry energy of finite nuclei in various mass region
is proposed.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure
Measurement of the complete nuclide production and kinetic energies of the system 136Xe + hydrogen at 1 GeV per nucleon
We present an extensive overview of production cross sections and kinetic
energies for the complete set of nuclides formed in the spallation of 136Xe by
protons at the incident energy of 1 GeV per nucleon. The measurement was
performed in inverse kinematics at the FRagment Separator (GSI, Darmstadt).
Slightly below the Businaro-Gallone point, 136Xe is the stable nuclide with the
largest neutron excess. The kinematic data and cross sections collected in this
work for the full nuclide production are a general benchmark for modelling the
spallation process in a neutron-rich nuclear system, where fission is
characterised by predominantly mass-asymmetric splits.Comment: 18 pages, 14 figure