Probing the nuclear EOS with GeV light-ion beams

Abstract

The first 4 pi studies of identified light-charged-particles and IMFs emitted in the p, pi(-) + Au-197 reactions above 5 GeV/c are reported. Multiplicity and angular distributions show little sensitivity to either bombarding energy or projectile type. Excitation energy distributions obtained from data for the 4.8 GeV He-3 + Au-197 reaction yield values up to E* less than or similar to 1500 MeV and E*/A(residue) less than or similar to 10 MeV/nucleon. Analysis of large-angle, IMF-IMF correlations for this same system suggests that multifragmentation is a fast, time-dependent process.

Publication
NUCLEAR PHYSICS A