Angular Momentum Transfer in Deep-Inelastic Reactions as Inferred from Angular Distributions of Sequential-Fission Fragments

Abstract
Theoretical results of a model of heavy-ion collisions in terms of elementary modes of excitation are presented for the reaction Kr+Pb at 610 MeV with special emphasis on the transfer of angular momentum. The angular distributions of the fragments resulting from the sequential fission of the heavy reaction partner are calculated in a semiclassical model. Conflicting experimental results reported for similar reactions are discussed and the still rather open range of possibilities in the analysis of the data is stressed.