CORRELATION-MEASUREMENTS OF LIGHT CHARGED-PARTICLES EMITTED FROM S-32-27 REACTIONS AT ENERGIES OF 105 MEV AND 215 MEV(AL)

Previous work has examined light particle correlations from O+Al react ions over a range of energies within a framework of statistical emissi on from a composite source. The source of these light particles was as sumed to be an excited composite nucleus because the excitation energy of the source was not so high that exotic processes such as fragmenta tion or preequilibrium emission were significant. In this Brief Report we examine correlation functions between light charged particles emit ted from reactions of S+Al at 105 MeV and 215 MeV. As in previous work , the proton-proton and proton-deuteron correlations are well describe d by the results of Monte Carlo simulations based on statistical emiss ion. In this Brief Report we will also compare the results of alpha-al pha and deuteron-alpha correlations to the predictions of models which include the emission of heavier unstable particles (such as Be-8 and Li-6) from the excited source. The results presented here can serve a s additional validation of the correlation technique and also as tests of the statistical model.