Giant Dipole Resonance in the Hot and ThermalizedCe 132 Nucleus: Damping of Collective Modes at Finite Temperature
Author(s) -
O. Wieland,
A. Bracco,
F. Camera,
G. Benzoni,
N. Blasi,
S. Brambilla,
F. C. L. Crespi,
A. Giussani,
S. Leoni,
P. Mason,
B. Million,
A. Moroni,
S. Barlini,
V.L. Kravchuk,
F. Gramegna,
A. Lanchais,
P. Mastinu,
A. Maj,
M. Brekiesz,
M. Kmiecik,
M. Bruno,
E. Geraci,
G. Vannini,
G. Casini,
M. Chiari,
A. Nannini,
A. Ordine,
Erich Ormand
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.97.012501
Subject(s) - physics , resonance (particle physics) , dipole , atomic physics , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , quantum mechanics , chromatography
The gamma decay of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) in the 132Ce compound nucleus with temperature up to approximately 4 MeV has been measured, using the reaction 64Ni + 68Zn at E(beam) = 300, 400, and 500 MeV. The gamma and charged particles measured in coincidence with recoils are consistent with a fully equilibrated compound nucleus emission. The GDR width, obtained with the statistical model analysis, is found to increase almost linearly with temperature. This increase is rather well reproduced within a model including thermal shape fluctuations and the lifetime of the compound nucleus.
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