Energy dependence of 238U interactions with gold target studied with a CR-39 track detector

An important aspect of the studies of heavy ion interactions is the understanding of how reaction mechanisms change with increasing projectile energy. Such an investigation is plausible only when a complete knowledge of the kinematically relevant quantities can be obtained for a particular reaction at a particular energy. Using CR-39 as the nuclear track detector, we have studied the etched tracks produced in the reaction of uranium incident on gold targets, at two different energies, i.e. 8.7 MeV/u and 16.7 MeV/u. (author)