Experimental Determination of In-Medium Cluster Binding Energies and Mott Points in Nuclear Matter

Abstract

In medium binding energies and Mott points for $d$, $t$, ${}^3$He and $\hat{I}\pm$ clusters in low density nuclear matter have been determined at specific combinations of temperature and density in low density nuclear matter produced in collisions of 47$A$ MeV ${}^{40}$Ar and ${}^{64}$Zn projectiles with ${}^{112}$Sn and ${}^{124}$Sn target nuclei. The experimentally derived values of the in medium modified binding energies are in good agreement with recent theoretical predictions based upon the implementation of Pauli blocking effects in a quantum statistical approach.

5 pages, 3 figures