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Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2634–2637 (1996)

Charge Correlations and Dynamical Instabilities in the Multifragment Emission Process

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L. G. Moretto, Th. Rubehn, L. Phair, N. Colonna, and G. J. Wozniak
Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720

D. R. Bowman, G. F. Peaslee, N. Carlin, R. T. de Souza, C. K. Gelbke, W. G. Gong, Y. D. Kim, M. A. Lisa, W. G. Lynch, and C. Williams
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

Received 26 March 1996; published in the issue dated 23 September 1996

A new, sensitive method allows one to search for the enhancement of events with nearly equal-sized fragments as predicted by theoretical calculations based on volume or surface instabilities. Simulations have been performed to investigate the sensitivity of the procedure. Experimentally, charge correlations of intermediate mass fragments emitted from heavy ion reactions at intermediate energies have been studied. No evidence for a preferred breakup into equal-sized fragments has been found.

© 1996 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2634
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2634
PACS:
25.70.Pq, 24.10.Lx
 
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