Isospin fractionation in nuclear multifragmentation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 716-719

  Xu, H S ^a,d   Tsang, M B ^a   Liu, T X ^a   Liu, X D ^a   Lynch, W G ^a   Tan, W P ^a   Vander Molen, A ^a   Verde, G ^a   Wagner, A ^a,e   Xi, H F ^a,f   Gelbke, C K ^a   Beaulieu, L ^b   Davin, B ^b   Larochelle, Y ^b,g   Lefort, T ^b   De Souza, R T ^b   Yanez, R ^b,h   Viola, V E ^b   Charity, R J ^c   Sobotka, L G ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Benton Associates   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; GROUND STATE; ION BOMBARDMENT; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTONS; TIN;

ISOSPIN FRACTIONATION; NEUTRON DIFFUSION; NUCLEAR MULTIFRAGMENTATION;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0007087163     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.716     Document Type: Article

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