Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 33, No. 7, July 2002, page 1949


Azimuthal Anisotropies in Nuclear Fragmentation

A. Dabrowska, M. Szarska, A. Trzupek, W. Wolter, B. Wosiek

The directed and elliptic flow of fragments emitted from the excited projectile nuclei has been observed for 158AGeV Pb collisions with the lead and plastic targets. For comparison the flow analysis has been performed for 10.6 AGeV Au collisions with the emulsion target. The strong directed flow of heaviest fragments is found. Light fragments exhibit directed flow opposite to that of heavy fragments. The elliptic flow for all multiply charged fragments is positive and increases with the charge of the fragment. The observed flow patterns in the fragmentation of the projectile nucleus are practically independent of the mass of the target nucleus and the collision energy. Emission of fragments in nuclear multifragmentation shows similar, although weaker, flow effects.

PACS numbers: 25.75.+r, 29.40.Rg


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