Study of Strongly Damped Collisions in the Reaction of 600-MeVKr84on aBi209Target

Abstract

Detailed information on a new reaction mechanism is presented for a 600-MeV ${}_{}{}^{84}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Kr}$ bombardment of ${}_{}{}^{209}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Bi}$. This reaction process represents a major fraction of the total-reaction cross section and is characterized by strong damping of energy degrees of freedom, but on the average, a relatively small amount of mass exchange compared to fission.