Nuclear multifragmentation induced by electromagnetic fields of ultrarelativistic heavy ions

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17 November 1997

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.nucl-th/9711030

Abstract

We study the disintegration of nuclei by strong electromagnetic fields induced by ultrarelativistic heavy ions. The proposed multi-step model includes 1) the absorption of a virtual photon by a nucleus, 2) intranuclear cascades of produced hadrons and 3) statistical decay of the excited residual nucleus. The combined model describes well existing data on projectile fragmentation at energy 200 GeV per nucleon. Electromagnetic multifragmentation of nuclei is predicted to be an important reaction mechanism at RHIC and LHC energies.

Keywords

ULTRARELATIVISTIC HEAVY IONS
NUCLEAR MULTIFRAGMENTATION
MULTIFRAGMENTATION INDUCED
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
REACTION MECHANISM

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Version 1, 1997-11-17, ArXiv
Published version: Physical Review C, 57 (4), 1920.

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