Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2003-09-19
Nucl.Phys. A730 (2004) 329-354
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
29 pages, 20 figures
Scientific paper
Based on a microscopic transport model, we study the origin of nonstatistical Intermediate Mass Fragment ($IMF$) production in semicentral heavy ion collisions at the Fermi energies. We show that a fast, dynamical $IMF$ formation process, the {\it neck fragmentation mechanism}, can explain the experimentally observed features: deviations from Viola systematics and anisotropic, narrow angular distributions. It may be regarded as the continuation of the multifragmentation mechanism towards intermediate impact parameters. Its relation to other dynamical mechanisms, the induced fission and the abrasion of the spectator zones, that can also contribute to mid-rapidity $IMF$ production, is discussed. The dependence on beam energy and centrality of the collision is carefully analysed. The competition between volume and surface instabilities makes this mechanism very sensitive to the in-medium nucleon-nucleon interactions, from the cross sections for hard collisions to the compressibility and other Equation of State ($EOS$) properties. For charge asymmetric collisions the sensitivity of various observables to the symmetry energy is investigated. Of particular interest appears the isospin diffusion dynamics with no signal of isospin equilibration. However, in spite of the short time scales and of the dynamical aspects, we notice isoscaling features of the neck mechanism. We observe that isospin enrichement of the neck zone as well as the isoscaling parameters are sensitive to the density dependence of asymmetry term of EOS around and below saturation value.
Baran Václav
Colonna Maria
Toro Massimo Di
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