Dynamical aspects of intermediate mass fragment emission in the reaction of 32S + Ag at 3 A-MeV

Abstract The emission of intermediate mass fragments (IMFs) has been studied using the 4π array, AMPHORA. The energy spectra, the angular distributions, the multiplicities, and the charge distributions are studied inclusively as well as in coincidence with projectile-like fragments (PLFs) and other fragments. The low-energy component of the inclusive fragment spectra can be reproduced by a statistical binary decay code GEMINI, although the calculated absolute cross sections are an order of magnitude smaller than the experimental IMF cross sections. At intermediate angles the fragments are dominated by IMFs with Z ≤ 10 both for inclusive and coincidence events and the energy spectra of the fragments show hard components which cannot be explained as statistical emission. For this non-equilibrium component strong azimuthal angular correlations are observed in IMF-PLF and IMF-IMF coincidence events. Both the energy spectra and the azimuthal angular correlations of the non-equilibrium component are well reproduced by an extended classical dynamical model.