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Comparison of fragment partitions production in peripheral and central collisions
Ensembles of single-source events, produced in peripheral and central
collisions and correponding respectively to quasi-projectile and quasi-fusion
sources, are analyzed. After selections on fragment kinematic properties,
excitation energies of the sources are derived using the calorimetric method
and the mean behaviour of fragments of the two ensembles are compared.
Differences observed in their partitions, especially the charge asymmetry, can
be related to collective energy deposited in the systems during the collisions.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, presented at the International Workshop on
Multifragmentation and Related Topics, Caen France, 4-7th november 2007
(IWM2007
Break-up fragments excitation and the freeze-out volume
We investigate, in microcanonical multifragmentation models, the influence of
the amount of energy dissipated in break-up fragments excitation on freeze-out
volume determination. Assuming a limiting temperature decreasing with nuclear
mass, we obtain for the Xe+Sn at 32 MeV/nucleon reaction [J. D. Frankland et
al., Nucl. Phys. A689, 905 (2001); A689, 940 (2001)] a freeze-out volume almost
half the one deduced using a constant limiting temperature.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
Kinetic energy spectra for fragments and break-up density in multifragmentation
We investigate the possibility, in nuclear fragmentation, to extract
information on nuclear density at break-up from fragment kinetic energy spectra
using a simultaneous scenario for fragment emission. The conclusions we derive
are different from the recently published results of Viola et al. [Phys. Rev.
Lett. 93, (2004), 132701] assuming a sequential fragment emission and claiming
that the experimentally observed decrease of peak centroids for kinetic energy
spectra of fragments with increasing bombarding energy is due to a monotonic
decrease of the break-up density.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
Detection
This review on second- and third-generation multidetectors devoted to heavy-ion collisions aims to cover the last twenty years. The presented list of devices is not exhaustive but regroups most of the techniques used during this period for nuclear reactions at intermediate energy (â 10A MeV to 1A GeV), both for charged-particle and neutron detection. The main part will be devoted to 4Ï multidetectors, projectile decay fragmentation, high-resolution magnetic spectrometers, auxiliary detectors and neutron detection. The last part will present the progress in electronics and detection in view of the construction of future-generation detectors
Advancement in the understanding of multifragmentation and phase transition for hot nuclei
Recent advancement on the knowledge of multifragmentation and phase
transition for hot nuclei is reported. It concerns i) the influence of radial
collective energy on fragment partitions and the derivation of general
properties of partitions in presence of such a collective energy, ii) a better
knowledge of freeze-out properties obtained by means of a simulation based on
all the available experimental information and iii) the quantitative study of
the bimodal behaviour of the heaviest fragment charge distribution for
fragmenting hot heavy quasi-projectiles which allows, for the first time, to
estimate the latent heat of the phase transition.Comment: 9 pages, Proceedings of IWM09, November 4-7, Catania (Italy
Status and performances of the FAZIA project
FAZIA is designed for detailed studies of the isospin degree of freedom,
extending to the limits the isotopic identification of charged products from
nuclear collisions when using silicon detectors and CsI(Tl) scintillators. We
show that the FAZIA telescopes give isotopic identification up to Z25
with a E-E technique. Digital Pulse Shape Analysis makes possible
elemental identification up to Z=55 and isotopic identification for Z=1-10 when
using the response of a single silicon detector. The project is now in the
phase of building a demonstrator comprising about 200 telescopes
Liquid-gas phase transition in hot nuclei studied with INDRA
Thanks to the high detection quality of the INDRA array, signatures related
to the dynamics (spinodal decomposition) and thermodynamics (negative
microcanonical heat capacity) of a liquid-gas phase transition have been
simultaneously studied in multifragmentation events in the Fermi energy domain.
The correlation between both types of signals strongly supports the existence
of a first order phase transition for hot nuclei.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures, Invited talk to Nucleus-nucleus 2003 Moscow June
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Cluster emission and phase transition behaviours in nuclear disassembly
The features of the emissions of light particles (LP), charged particles
(CP), intermediate mass fragments (IMF) and the largest fragment (MAX) are
investigated for as functions of temperature and 'freeze-out'
density in the frameworks of the isospin-dependent lattice gas model and the
classical molecular dynamics model. Definite turning points for the slopes of
average multiplicity of LP, CP and IMF, and of the mean mass of the largest
fragment () are shown around a liquid-gas phase transition temperature
and while the largest variances of the distributions of LP, CP, IMF and MAX
appear there. It indicates that the cluster emission rate can be taken as a
probe of nuclear liquid--gas phase transition. Furthermore, the largest
fluctuation is simultaneously accompanied at the point of the phase transition
as can be noted by investigating both the variances of their cluster
multiplicity or mass distributions and the Campi scatter plots within the
lattice gas model and the molecular dynamics model, which is consistent with
the result of the traditional thermodynamical theory when a phase transition
occurs.Comment: replace nucl-th/0103009 due to the technique problem to access old
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