Theoretical study of isotope production in the peripheral heavy-ion collision 136Xe + Pb at 1 GeV/nucleon

Abstract

We have studied the fragment yields emitted from the fragmentation of excited projectile nuclei in peripheral collisions of X136e+Pb at 1 GeV/nucleon, and measured with the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer, the Fragment Separator (FRS) of GSI. The mass, charge and isotope distributions of nuclear fragments formed in the reactions were calculated within a statistical ensemble approach and compared to the experimental data. The ensemble of excited projectilelike source nuclei were created in the framework of a previous analysis of similar reactions performed at 600 MeV/nucleon (ALADIN-experiments, GSI). In addition, the ensemble of the low-excited compound nuclei is involved in the analysis. The overall agreement between theory and experiment was very satisfactory in reproducing the experimental data of isotope yields measured in the heavy-ion collisions. It is confirmed that a broad range of elements can be reproduced within a universal statistical disintegration of the excited projectile residues.