Published April 17, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Isotopic Dependence of the Nuclear Caloric Curve

Description

The A/Z dependence of projectile fragmentation at relativistic energies has been studied with the ALADIN forward spectrometer at SIS. A stable beam of 124Sn and radioactive beams of 124La and 107Sn at 600 MeV per nucleon have been used in order to explore a wide range of isotopic compositions. Chemical freeze-out temperatures are found to be nearly invariant with respect to the A/Z of the produced spectator sources, consistent with predictions for expanded systems. Small Coulomb effects (ΔT≅0.6 MeV) appear for residue production near the onset of multifragmentation

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
102
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 152701-152701.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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(c) 2009 The American Physical Society
Collaborations
ALADIN2000 Collaboration