Evidence for Energy Thermalization in Deep-Inelastic Processes:Cu63+Ne20at 7.9, 12.6, and 17.2 MeV/Nucleon

Abstract
Light-charged-particle emission in the reaction Cu63+Ne20 has been studied by simultaneously measuring the atomic numbers of both deep-inelastic fragments. The results seem consistent with an evaporative process and indicate that the entrance-channel kinetic energy is essentially thermalized over a broad range of bombarding energies.