Published July 7, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Giant Dipole Resonance in the Hot and Thermalized 132Ce Nucleus: Damping of Collective Modes at Finite Temperature

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Milano and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan (Italy)
  • 2. Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, 35020 Legnaro (Italy)
  • 3. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342 Cracow (Poland)

Description

The γ decay of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) in the 132Ce compound nucleus with temperature up to ≅4 MeV has been measured, using the reaction 64Ni+68Zn at Ebeam=300, 400, and 500 MeV. The γ and charged particles measured in coincidence with recoils are consistent with a fully equilibrated compound nucleus emission. The GDR width, obtained with the statistical model analysis, is found to increase almost linearly with temperature. This increase is rather well reproduced within a model including thermal shape fluctuations and the lifetime of the compound nucleus

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 012501-012501.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(c) 2006 The American Physical Society