Observation of fission in Pb-Pb interactions at [Formula Presented]

M. C. Abreu; B. Alessandro; C. Alexa; R. Arnaldi; J. Astruc; M. Atayan; C. Baglin; A. Baldit; L. Bardi; M. Bedjidian; F. Bellaiche; S. Beolè; V. Boldea; P. Bordalo; A. Bussière; L. Casagrande; J. Castor; T. Chambon; B. Chaurand; I. Chevrot; B. Cheynis; E. Chiavassa; C. Cicalò; M. P. Comets; S. Constantinescu; P. Cortese; J. Cruz; A. DeFalco; N. DeMarco; G. Dellacasa; A. Devaux; S. Dita; O. Drapier; B. Espagnon; J. Fargeix; F. Fleuret; P. Force; M. Gallio; Y. K. Gavrilov; C. Gerschel; P. Giubellino; M. B. Golubeva; M. Gonin; A. A. Grigorian; J. Y. Grossiord; F. F. Guber; A. Guichard; H. Gulkanyan; R. Hakobyan; R. Haroutunian; M. Idzik; D. Jouan; T. L. Karavitcheva; L. Kluberg; A. B. Kurepin; G. Landaud; Y. LeBornec; C. Lourenço; L. Luquin; M. MacCormick; M. P. Macciotta; A. Marzari-Chiesa; M. Masera; A. Masoni; S. Mehrabyan; M. Monteno; S. Mourgues; A. Musso; F. Ohlsson-Malek; P. Petiau; A. Piccotti; J. R. Pizzi; W. Prado da Silva; G. Puddu; C. Quintans; C. Racca; L. Ramello; S. Ramos; P. Rato-Mendes; L. Riccati; A. Romana; I. Ropotar; P. Saturnini; E. Scomparin; S. Serci; R. Shahoyan; S. Silva; M. Sitta; C. Soave; P. Sonderegger; X. Tarrago; N. S. Topilskaya; G. L. Usai; C. Vale; E. Vercellin; N. Willis

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.59.876

Observation of fission in Pb-Pb interactions at [Formula Presented]

M. C. Abreu
, B. Alessandro
, C. Alexa
, R. Arnaldi
, J. Astruc
, M. Atayan
, C. Baglin
, A. Baldit
, L. Bardi
, M. Bedjidian
, F. Bellaiche
, S. Beolè
, V. Boldea
, P. Bordalo
, A. Bussière
, L. Casagrande
, J. Castor
, T. Chambon
, B. Chaurand
, I. Chevrot

B. Cheynis, E. Chiavassa, C. Cicalò, M. P. Comets, S. Constantinescu, P. Cortese, J. Cruz, A. DeFalco, N. DeMarco, G. Dellacasa, A. Devaux, S. Dita, O. Drapier, B. Espagnon, J. Fargeix, F. Fleuret, P. Force, M. Gallio, Y. K. Gavrilov, C. Gerschel, P. Giubellino, M. B. Golubeva, M. Gonin, A. A. Grigorian, J. Y. Grossiord, F. F. Guber, A. Guichard, H. Gulkanyan, R. Hakobyan, R. Haroutunian, M. Idzik, D. Jouan, T. L. Karavitcheva, L. Kluberg, A. B. Kurepin, G. Landaud, Y. LeBornec, C. Lourenço, L. Luquin, M. MacCormick, M. P. Macciotta, A. Marzari-Chiesa, M. Masera, A. Masoni, S. Mehrabyan, M. Monteno, S. Mourgues, A. Musso, F. Ohlsson-Malek, P. Petiau, A. Piccotti, J. R. Pizzi, W. Prado da Silva, G. Puddu, C. Quintans, C. Racca, L. Ramello, S. Ramos, P. Rato-Mendes, L. Riccati, A. Romana, I. Ropotar, P. Saturnini, E. Scomparin, S. Serci, R. Shahoyan, S. Silva, M. Sitta, C. Soave, P. Sonderegger, X. Tarrago, N. S. Topilskaya, G. L. Usai, C. Vale, E. Vercellin, N. Willis

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University of Turin
IFA
Université Paris-Saclay
Yerevan Physics Institute
Université Paris-Sud
Université Blaise Pascal
IGFL, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1
Universitá di Cagliari
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Université de Strasbourg

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The NA50 experiment at the CERN SPS has been equipped with a Cerenkov quartz detector to measure the charge of projectilelike fragments emitted in interactions of the lead beam of [Formula Presented] with a 12 mm thick lead target. A clear fission peak has been observed in the light output distribution of the fragment detector and the measured number of fission events per incident Pb ion is [Formula Presented] The information provided by the NA50 zero-degree calorimeter has allowed us to check that fission occurs in extremely peripheral collisions. To provide the first information about the fission mechanism, the expected yield of electromagnetic fission events in our experimental conditions has been computed: it turns out to be about [Formula Presented] smaller than the observed one. The approximations necessarily made in our calculation as well as the contribution due to fission induced by nuclear interaction could account for such a difference.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	876-883
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
Volume	59
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.876
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1999

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Abreu, M. C., Alessandro, B., Alexa, C., Arnaldi, R., Astruc, J., Atayan, M., Baglin, C., Baldit, A., Bardi, L., Bedjidian, M., Bellaiche, F., Beolè, S., Boldea, V., Bordalo, P., Bussière, A., Casagrande, L., Castor, J., Chambon, T., Chaurand, B., ... Willis, N. (1999). Observation of fission in Pb-Pb interactions at [Formula Presented]. Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics, 59(2), 876-883. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.59.876

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Observation of fission in Pb-Pb interactions at [Formula Presented]

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