Disappearance of flow and the in-medium nucleon-nucleon cross section for 64Zn+27Al collisions at intermediate energies

Zhi Yong He, J. C. Angélique, A. Auger, G. Bizard, R. Brou, A. Buta, C. Cabot, E. Crema, D. Cussol, Guang Xi Dai, Y. El Masri, Ph Eudes, M. Gonin, K. Hagel, Gen Ming Jin, A. Kerambrum, C. Lebrun, Yu Gang Ma, A. Péghaire, J. PéterR. Popescu, R. Régimbart, E. Rosato, F. Saint-Laurent, Wen Qing Shen, J. C. Steckmeyer, B. Tamain, E. Vient, R. Wada, Feng Shou Zhang

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Abstract

Light charged particles emitted from the reactions 64Zn+27Al at beam energies 49, 57, 69 and 79 MeV/u have been measured with a 4π multidetector array. The collective transverse momentum in the reaction plane (in-plane flow) is observed to vary strongly with the impact parameter and the emitted fragments. The flow parameter decreases monotonically from 49 to 79 MeV/u and falls to zero at a beam energy about 79 MeV/u in central collisions. This energy of vanishing flow increases with impact parameter and may be the same for different fragments. The disappearance of flow is also studied with the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck equation and it is demonstrated that the flow parameter and EVF are very sensitive to the in-medium cross section σNN and weakly sensitive to the nuclear compressibility in central collisions. Comparisons with experimental data indicate that σNN is around 35 to 45 mb in central collisions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)248-262
Number of pages15
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume598
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Feb 1996
Externally publishedYes

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