Article: Study of deep inelastic collision in the heavy ion reaction of 14.0 (MeV/u) 132Xe + 238U Journal: International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology (IJNEST) 2014 Vol.8 No.2 pp.89 - 104 Abstract: Deep inelastic collision of 14.0 (MeV/u) 132Xe with 238U was studied in mica detectors by Solid State Nuclear Track Detection (SSNTD). The mica detectors were irradiated with 14.0 (MeV/u) 132Xe ions at UNILAC (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany. The target layer was removed by etching the detectors in suitable etchants. Various parameters of events, registered in the detector, were measured using research optical microscope at a suitable magnification. The projected lengths of the tracks were measured with tracing tube, while depths of the tracks are measured with depth meter attached with an ordinary optical microscope. The polar angles between the correlated track length and azimuthal angles were measured by geometrical method. The magnitude of angular momentum transferred in deep inelastic collisions between heavy nuclei was studied by measuring out-of-plane angular distributions of the resulting fission fragments. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Study of deep inelastic collision in the heavy ion reaction of 14.0 (MeV/u) ¹³²Xe + ²³⁸U

Authors: Nisar Ali; Altaf Hussain; S.T. Hussain; Nisar Ahmad; S.M. Abbas; Zulfiqar Ali

Addresses: National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan; Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan ' Department of Physics, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan ' Deceased; formerly of: National Centre for Physics, Pakistan ' National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan ' National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan ' National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract: Deep inelastic collision of 14.0 (MeV/u) ¹³²Xe with ²³⁸U was studied in mica detectors by Solid State Nuclear Track Detection (SSNTD). The mica detectors were irradiated with 14.0 (MeV/u) ¹³²Xe ions at UNILAC (GSI), Darmstadt, Germany. The target layer was removed by etching the detectors in suitable etchants. Various parameters of events, registered in the detector, were measured using research optical microscope at a suitable magnification. The projected lengths of the tracks were measured with tracing tube, while depths of the tracks are measured with depth meter attached with an ordinary optical microscope. The polar angles between the correlated track length and azimuthal angles were measured by geometrical method. The magnitude of angular momentum transferred in deep inelastic collisions between heavy nuclei was studied by measuring out-of-plane angular distributions of the resulting fission fragments.

Keywords: SSNTD; solid state nuclear track detection; deep inelastic collision; mica detector; etching; optical microscopy; fission fragments; heavy ion projectiles; heavy nuclei; xenon 132; nuclear reactions; uranium 238.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNEST.2014.060090

International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, 2014 Vol.8 No.2, pp.89 - 104

Received: 17 Jan 2013
Accepted: 15 Jun 2013
Published online: 27 Oct 2014 *

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