Evidence for a New Reaction Mechanism in the Bombardment ofwith 11.5-GeV Protons
- 8 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 43 (15) , 1080-1083
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.1080
Abstract
The masses and kinetic energies of coincident heavy fragments emitted from a target bombarded with 11.5-GeV protons were measured as a function of the angle between the fragments. Fragments with nearly equal and opposite laboratory momenta are observed with a total mass as low as ∼ ½ that of the target and higher kinetic energy than expected from fission, providing evidence for a new reaction mechanism.
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