Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
1998-12-11
Nucl.Phys. A646 (1999) 367-384
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
28 pages Revtex, 6 figures (ps files), to appear in Nucl.Phys.A
Scientific paper
Directed sideward flow of light charged particles and intermediate mass fragments was measured in different symmetric reactions at bombarding energies from 90 to 800 AMeV. The flow parameter is found to increase with the charge of the detected fragment up to Z = 3-4 and then turns into saturation for heavier fragments. Guided by simple simulations of an anisotropic expanding thermal source, we show that the value at saturation can provide a good estimate of the flow angle, $\Theta_{flow}$, in the participant region. It is found that $\Theta_{flow}$ depends strongly on the impact parameter. The excitation function of $\Theta_{flow}$ reveals striking deviations from the ideal hydrodynamical scaling. The data exhibit a steep rise of $\Theta_{\flow}$ to a maximum at around 250-400 AMeV, followed by a moderate decrease as the bombarding energy increases further.
Crochet P.
Dona R.
Rami F.
Schauenburg B. de
the FOPI Collaboration
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