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Phys. Rev. Lett. 54, 1139–1141 (1985)

Mean-Field Calculations of Fluctuations in Nuclear Collisions

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J. B. Marston*
Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, and W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

S. E. Koonin
W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

Received 7 November 1984; published in the issue dated 18 March 1985

We apply the new variational principle of Balian and Veneroni to calculate the fluctuations in final-fragment mass, charge, and kinetic energy for the systems 16O + 16O (Elab-160 MeV) and 40Ca + 40Ca (Elab=278 MeV). The calculated fluctuations are larger than conventional time-dependent Hartree-Fock results and, in the latter case, are consistent with the experimental fragment mass distribution.

© 1985 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1139
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1139
PACS:
25.70.Lm, 21.60.Jz

*Permanent address: Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 08544.

 
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