New isotope 44Si and systematics of the production cross sections of the most neutron-rich nuclei
arXiv:0705.0349 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.75.064613
Abstract
The results of measurements of the production of neutron-rich nuclei by the fragmentation of a 48Ca beam at 142 MeV/u are presented. Evidence was found for the production of a new isotope that is the most neutron-rich silicon nuclide, 44Si, in a net neutron pick-up process. A simple systematic framework was found to describe the production cross sections based on thermal evaporation from excited prefragments that allows extrapolation to other weak reaction products.
12 pages, 4 figures, 1 table; corrected figures 1, 3 & 4, corrected typos, updated bibliography
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