Abstract
The spatial and temporal extent of a system decaying by multifragment emission is deduced. Two-particle intermediate mass fragment correlation functions measured for central Au collisions at E/A=50–110 MeV indicate a rapid decay, <75 fm/c, of the highly excited system. Furthermore, the behavior of the correlation function at large relative velocities suggests that considerable charge loss occurs prior to fragment emission.
- Received 28 September 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.47.R421
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