TY - JOUR
T1 - Pionic Fusion of Heavy Ions
AU - Horn, D.
AU - Ball, G. C.
AU - Bowman, D. R.
AU - Davies, B. G.
AU - Fox, D.
AU - Galindo-Uribarri, A.
AU - Hayes, A. C.
AU - Savard, G.
AU - Beaulieu, L.
AU - Larochelle, Y.
AU - St-Pierre, C.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - We report the first experimental observation of the pionic fusion of two heavy ions. The 12C\(12C,24Mg\)Π0 and 12C\(12C,24Na\)Π+ cross sections have been measured to be 208+/-38 and 182+/-84 pb, respectively, at Ecm = 137 MeV. This cross section for heavy-ion pion production, at an energy just 6 MeV above the absolute energy-conservation limit, constrains possible production mechanisms to incorporate the kinetic energy of the entire projectile-target system as well as the binding energy gained in fusion.
AB - We report the first experimental observation of the pionic fusion of two heavy ions. The 12C\(12C,24Mg\)Π0 and 12C\(12C,24Na\)Π+ cross sections have been measured to be 208+/-38 and 182+/-84 pb, respectively, at Ecm = 137 MeV. This cross section for heavy-ion pion production, at an energy just 6 MeV above the absolute energy-conservation limit, constrains possible production mechanisms to incorporate the kinetic energy of the entire projectile-target system as well as the binding energy gained in fusion.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2408
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2408
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4243809731
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 77
SP - 2408
EP - 2411
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 12
ER -