Systematic description of evaporation spectra for light and heavy compound nuclei

RJ Charity - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2010 - APS
To systematically describe evaporation spectra for light and heavy compound nuclei over a
large range of excitation energies, it was necessary to consider three ingredients in the …

Charged-particle evaporation from hot composite nuclei: Evidence over a broad Z range for distortions from cold nuclear profiles

WE Parker, M Kaplan, DJ Moses, G La Rana, D Logan… - Physical Review C, 1991 - APS
Charged-particle emission has been studied in ten heavy-ion reactions spanning composite
systems of 16≤ Z≤ 64. By means of reversed kinematics, high-quality energy spectra were …

Dynamical effects on the de-excitation of hot nuclei with A≃160

M Gonin, L Cooke, K Hagel, Y Lou, JB Natowitz… - Physical Review C, 1990 - APS
Light charged-particle emission and neutron emission have been measured for the fusion-
evaporation and fusion-fission channels in the Ni 60+ 100 Mo reaction at 550 and 655 MeV …

Influence of rotation-induced nuclear deformation on α-particle evaporation spectra

JR Huizenga, AN Behkami, IM Govil, WU Schröder… - Physical Review C, 1989 - APS
The shapes of α-particle spectra from hot, high-spin compound nuclei produced in energetic
heavy-ion fusion reactions are analyzed within the framework of a statistical model. Contrary …

Need for new physics in statistical models of nuclear de-excitation

G La Rana, DJ Moses, WE Parker, M Kaplan, D Logan… - Physical Review C, 1987 - APS
We have measured energy spectra and angular distributions of H 1 and He 4 from 190–MeV
40 Ar+ 27 Al reactions. Comparisons with statistical model calculations show that …

Determination of the temperatures of hot nuclei from “first chance” emission spectra

M Gonin, L Cooke, K Hagel, Y Lou, JB Natowitz… - Physics Letters B, 1989 - Elsevier
The “first chance” spectra of light charged particles and neutrons emitted from 160Yb
produced in the 60Ni+ 100Mo reaction have been isolated. The same initial temperature for …

Highly deformed configurations in

M Rousseau, C Beck, C Bhattacharya, V Rauch… - Physical Review C, 2002 - APS
The possible occurrence of highly deformed configurations in the 40 Ca dinuclear system
formed in the 28 Si+ 12 C reaction is investigated by analyzing the spectra of emitted light …

Decay of deformed nuclei

G Viesti, B Fornal, D Fabris, K Hagel, JB Natowitz… - Physical Review C, 1988 - APS
The light charged particle emission following the fusion of S 32 with Al 27 at 100–150 MeV
bombarding energies in 10 MeV steps has been studied. Energy spectra and angular …

Alpha particle emission as a probe of the level density in highly excited A∼200 nuclei

D Fabris, E Fioretto, G Viesti, M Cinausero, N Gelli… - Physical Review C, 1994 - APS
The alpha particle emission from 90 to 140 MeV F 19+ 181 Ta fusion-evaporation reactions
has been studied. The comparisons of the experimental spectral shapes and multiplicities …

Unexpected large deformations in nuclei produced in the reaction 120 MeV SiSi

G La Rana, R Moro, A Brondi, P Cuzzocrea… - Physical Review C, 1988 - APS
Alpha energy spectra and angular distribution have been measured for the reaction 120
MeV Si 30+ 30 Si and compared to statistical model calculations. Emission from spherical …