Light Cluster Production in Central Symmetric Heavy-Ion Reactions from Fermi to Gev Energies

• Main Authors: Rémi Bougault, Bernard Borderie, Abdelouahad Chbihi, Quentin Fable, John David Frankland, Emmanuelle Galichet, Tom Genard, Diégo Gruyer, Maxime Henri, Marco La Commara, Nicolas Le Neindre, Ivano Lombardo, Olivier Lopez, Marian Pârlog, Piotr Pawłowski, Giuseppe Verde, Emmanuel Vient, Mariano Vigilante
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
• Series: Symmetry
• Subjects: nuclear physics; heavy-ion reactions; Nuclear Equation of State; light cluster production; transport models
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1406

Correlations and clustering are of great importance in the study of the Nuclear Equation of State. Information on these items/aspects can be obtained using heavy-ion reactions which are described by dynamical theories. We propose a dataset that will be useful for improving the description of light cluster production in transport model approaches. The dataset combines published and new data and is presented in a form that allows direct comparison of the experiment with theoretical predictions. The dataset is ranging in bombarding energy from 32 to 1930 A MeV. In constructing this dataset, we put in evidence the existence of a change in the light cluster production mechanism that corresponds to a peak in deuteron production.