NUCLEAR MULTIFRAGMENTATION INDUCED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC HEAVY-IONS

Authors
PSHENICHNOV IA MISHUSTIN IN BONDORF JP BOTVINA AS ILJINOV AS
Citation
Ia. Pshenichnov et al., NUCLEAR MULTIFRAGMENTATION INDUCED BY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS OF ULTRARELATIVISTIC HEAVY-IONS, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 57(4), 1998, pp. 1920-1926
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Physical review. C. Nuclear physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562813
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1920 - 1926
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(1998)57:4<1920:NMIBEO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We study the disintegration of nuclei by strong electromagnetic fields induced by ultrarelativistic heavy ions. The proposed multistep model includes (1) the absorption of a virtual photon by a nucleus, (2) int ranuclear cascades of produced hadrons, and (3) statistical decay of t he excited residual nucleus. The combined model describes well existin g data on projectile fragmentation at energy 200 GeV per nucleon. Elec tromagnetic multifragmentation of nuclei is predicted to be an importa nt reaction mechanism at RHIC and LHC energies.