Temperature dependence of the giant dipole resonance width in 208Pb

  • E. Ramakrishnan
  • , A. Azhari
  • , J. R. Beene
  • , R. J. Charity
  • , M. L. Halbert
  • , P. F. Hua
  • , R. A. Kryger
  • , P. E. Mueller
  • , R. Pfaff
  • , D. G. Sarantites
  • , L. G. Sobotka
  • , M. Thoennessen
  • , G. Van Buren
  • , R. L. Varner
  • , S. Yokoyama

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    Abstract

    The evolution of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) in hot 208Pb nuclei was studied by measuring high energy γ-rays from the decay of the resonance built on excited states. Nuclei in the excitation energy range of 40-110 MeV were populated by inelastic scattering of 40 MeV/nucleon α-particles. The GDR width was observed to increase systematically from 4 MeV at the ground state to ∼8 MeV at the highest excitation energy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)252-257
    Number of pages6
    JournalPhysics Letters B
    Volume383
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Sep 5 1996

    Funding

    This work was partially supported by the US National Science Foundation under grant No. PHY-92-14992 and by the Department of Energy under grants No. DE-FGOI-88ER40406 and DE-FG02-87ER4031 6. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is man-agedb y Lockheed Martin Energy Systems,I nc. under contract DE-AC05840R21400 with the US Department of Energy.

    Keywords

    • Giant dipole resonance
    • Hot nuclei
    • Shell effects
    • Statistical model

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