Formation and Decay of a Localized Region of High Excitation in Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions

W. G. Lynch; C. B. Chitwood; M. B. Tsang; D. J. Fields; D. R. Klesch; C. K. Gelbke; G. R. Young; T. C. Awes; R. L. Ferguson; F. E. Obenshain; F. Plasil; R. L. Robinson; A. D. Panagiotou

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1850

Formation and Decay of a Localized Region of High Excitation in Heavy-Ion-Induced Reactions

W. G. Lynch, C. B. Chitwood, M. B. Tsang, D. J. Fields, D. R. Klesch, C. K. Gelbke, G. R. Young, T. C. Awes, R. L. Ferguson, F. E. Obenshain, F. Plasil, R. L. Robinson, and A. D. Panagiotou

Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1850 – Published 14 November 1983

Abstract

Proton-proton correlations were measured in ${}^{16}O$ -induced reactions on ${}^{197}{Au}$ at 400 MeV. Measurements at both small and large proton relative momenta indicate that a significant fraction of the correlated protons are emitted from a spatially localized region of high excitation.

Received 6 September 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1850

Authors & Affiliations

W. G. Lynch, C. B. Chitwood, M. B. Tsang, D. J. Fields, D. R. Klesch, and C. K. Gelbke

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

G. R. Young, T. C. Awes, R. L. Ferguson, F. E. Obenshain, F. Plasil, and R. L. Robinson

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

A. D. Panagiotou

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, and Department of Physics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece