Evidence for thermal equilibration in multifragmentation reactions probed with bremsstrahlung photons

D. G. D’Enterria, L. Aphecetche, A. Chbihi, H. Delagrange, J. Díaz, M. J. van Goethem, M. Hoefman, A. Kugler, H. Löhner, G. Martínez, M. J. Mora, R. Ortega, R. W. Ostendorf, S. Schadmand, Y. Schutz, R. H. Siemssen, D. Stracener, P. Tlusty, R. Turrisi, M. VolkertsV. Wagner, H. W. Wilschut, N. Yahlali

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    Abstract

    The production of nuclear bremsstrahlung photons (Eγ>30 MeV) has been studied in inclusive and exclusive measurements in four heavy-ion reactions at 60A MeV. The measured photon spectra, angular distributions, and multiplicities indicate that a significant fraction of the hard photons is emitted in secondary nucleon-nucleon collisions from a thermally equilibrated system. The observation of the thermal component in multifragment 36Ar+197Au reactions suggests that the breakup of the thermalized source produced in this system occurs on a rather long time scale.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume87
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jun 21 2001

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