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Phys. Rev. C 79, 034603 (2009) [5 pages]

Effective nucleon mass and the nuclear caloric curve

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D. V. Shetty
Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA and Physics Department, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008, USA

G. A. Souliotis, S. Galanopoulos, and S. J. Yennello
Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA

Received 4 December 2008; published 9 March 2009

Assuming a schematic form of the nucleon effective mass as a function of nuclear excitation energy and mass, we provide a simple explanation for understanding the experimentally observed mass dependence of the nuclear caloric curve. It is observed that the excitation energy at which the caloric curve enters into a plateau region could be sensitive to the nuclear mass evolution of the effective nucleon mass.

© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.034603
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.79.034603
PACS:
25.70.Pq, 25.70.Mn
 
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