Excitation energy division in the quasielastic region from reactions of 12 MeV/nucleon /sup 48/Ti with /sup 150/Nd

Internal excitation of projectile-like fragments and target-like fragments was investigated for the system 12 MeV/nucleon /sup 48/Ti+ /sup 150/Nd, by measuring the discrete γ rays emitted by both fragments in coincidence with the charge-separated projectile-like fragments. Two quasielastic exit channels of the projectile-like fragments were studied: Z = 20 and Z = 22. Characteristic γ rays were used to determine the average masses of products, after separation and neutron evaporation, as a function of kinetic energy loss. Our results show that the mass-to-charge equilibration occurs quickly for the Z = 20 exit channel, but is slower for the Z = 22 channel. Comparison between the average masses of products with the masses calculated using the statistical model show that the excitation energy is divided approximately equally between the projectile-like and the target-like fragments for the Z = 20 exit channel. The excitation energy appears to be divided equally up to ∼105 MeV of the kinetic energy loss corresponding to ∼36% of kinetic energy damping. This result is consistent with predictions made by the stochastic nucleon-exchange models for a small kinetic energy loss