LIMES, IMF in Heavy Ion Nuclear Reaction by Sum-Rule Model

1 - Description of program or function: LIMES is a Computer Program for analyses of light and intermediate mass fragment (IMF) emission in heavy ion induced nuclear reactions by an extended sum-rule model [1.2]. Within the frame of the model the integrated cross section for each ejectile and the partial cross section for each entrance channel angular momentum are calculated. The program provides various possibilities like estimating the free parameters of the model by a fit to experimental data or giving prediction on other reactions by using standard parameter sets. 2 - Method of solution: The estimation of the free parameter of the sum-rule model is done via an optimized least-square-fit procedure, which is included in the source code. 3 - Restrictions on the complexity of the problem: The memory allocation of the program is proportional to the number of calculated channels and angular momenta. The program uses two arrays of size = maximum angular momentum times number of channels