Symmetric splitting of very light systems

Authors :: L.G. Moretto
M. Szczodrak
R.G. Stokstad
L. G. Sobotka
G. Guarino
David J. Morrissey
Yuen-Dat Chan
K. Grotowski
I. Tserruya
R. Planeta
Z. Majka
S. Wald
G. J. Wozniak
Source :: Physical Review C. 30:1214-1222
Publication Year :: 1984
Publisher :: American Physical Society (APS), 1984.
Abstract: Inclusive and coincidence measurements have been performed to study symmetric products from the reactions 74--186 MeV /sup 12/C+ /sup 40/Ca, 141 MeV /sup 9/Be+ /sup 40/Ca, and 153 MeV /sup 6/Li+ /sup 40/Ca. The binary decay of the composite system has been verified. Energy spectra, angular distributions, and fragment correlations are presented. The total kinetic energies for the symmetric products from these very light composite systems are compared to liquid drop model calculations and fission systematics.