Probing the nuclear EOS with GeV light-ion beams

• Published in: Nuclear physics. A Vol. 626; no. 1; pp. 287 - 294
• Main Authors: Viola, V.E., Hsi, W.-c., Kwiatkowski, K., Wang, G., Bracken, D.S., Breuer, H., Brzychczyk, J., Chu, Y.Y., Cornell, E., Renshaw Foxford, E., Gimeno-Nogues, F., Ginger, D., Gushue, S., Huang, M.J., Korteling, R.G., Legrain, R., Lynch, W.G., Morley, K.B., Pollacco, E.C., Ramakrishnan, E., Remsberg, L.P., Rowland, D., Tsang, M.B., Volant, C., Xi, H., Yennello, S.J., Yoder, N.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 17-11-1997
• ISSN: 0375-9474
• DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00549-6

The first 4π studies of identified light-charged-particles and IMFs emitted in the p,
π
− +
197
Au
reactions above 5 GeV/c are reported. Multiplicity and angular distributions show little sensitivity to either bombarding energy or projectile type. Excitation energy distributions obtained from data for the 4.8 GeV
3
He +
197
Au
reaction yield values up to
E
∗ ≲ 1500
MeV
and
E
∗
A
residue
≲ 10
MeV/nucleon
. Analysis of large-angle, IMF-IMF correlations for this same system suggests that multifragmentation is a fast, time-dependent process.