Fast ternary and quaternary breakup of the 197Au + 197Au system in collisions at 15 MeV/nucleon

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Dec 31;101(26):262701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.262701.

Abstract

A new reaction mechanism of violent reseparation of a heavy nucleus-nucleus system, 197Au + 197Au, into three or four massive fragments in collisions at 15 MeV/nucleon has been observed. After reseparation, the fragments are almost exactly aligned, thus showing a very short time scale of the reseparation process, of about 70-80 fm/c.