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Sequential binary decay of highly excited 40Ar*

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Published: Dec 5, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/hnps.2248
N. G. Nicolis
Department of Physics, University of Ioannina
Abstract

The sequential statistical binary decay of the highly excited compound nucleus 40Ar* is described with an extended evaporation formalism implemented in a Monte-Carlo multi-step statistical model code. Asymmetric mass splittings involving nucleon emission up to symmetric binary ones are treated within the evaporation formalism, in a unified manner. Emission of heavy fragments in their ground and excited (particle-bound or unbound) states is considered. The evolution of the final mass distributions from 40Ar* is studied as a function of the initial excitation energy, in the range from 45 up to 405 MeV. The population of final states originating from the decay of intermediate mass fragments in particle-bound and particle-unbound states (side-feeding) is discussed. Results are compared with an alternative description in which the time-dependent decay process is described by rate equations for the generation of different fragment species.

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