Isobar correlations bearing information on the properties of hot disassembling nuclear sources

Abstract

Two-particle correlations based on the multiplicity of selected isobars are found to be sensitive to the parameterization of the fragments' binding energies and the breakup volume assumed in the model calculations. The properties of these correlations have been examined in the framework of the Statistical Multifragmentation Model as a function of the breakup temperature. The model calculations suggest that the maxima of these correlation functions occur at well separated temperatures as the breakup volumes used in the model vary from 3 to 6 times that at normal density. These volumes are within the range assumed in most statistical calculations and supported by experiments. Besides their position, the height and width of the maxima are also found to be sensitive to the parameterization of the fragments' binding energy. The magnitude of all these effects also depends on the isobars considered in the correlations. We found that, due to an interplay between the symmetry energy and the volume dependent terms of the Helmholtz free energy, in the case of nearly symmetric sources, correlations involving light mirror nuclei seem to enhance these effects. We suggest that the proposed correlation functions could be used to extract information on the fragments' energies and on the breakup volume of nuclear sources.

arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures

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