Keywords:
- Asymmetry
- Binding energies and masses
- Caloric curve
- Constrained molecular dynamics
- Correlation function
- Cross-section
- Density
- Density dependence
- Emitting sources
- Equation of state
- Experimental probes
- Fusion
- Heavy-ion collisions
- High angular resolutions
- Intermediate heavy ion reactions
- Ion range in systems prepared near a liquid–gas phase transition
- Isospin physics
- Landau's free energy
- Laser
- Laser-plasma
- Molecular dynamics
- Multi-dimensional analysis
- Multifragmentation
- Neutron detection
- Neutron detector efficiency
- Neutron multiplicity
- Nuclear matter
- Petawatt laser interaction with cluster gases
- Physics
- Plasma
- Quantum-fluctuations method
- Quasi-projectile mass reconstruction
- Range of plasma ions in cold cluster gases
- Reactions
- Reconstructed primary isotopes
- Resonances
- S-factor
- Self-consistent method
- Stochastic mean field
- Symmetry energy
- Temperature
- Transport model
Publications of A. Bonasera
Authors associated with the Cyclotron Institute are , and those associated with Center of Excellence in Nuclear Training And University-based Research (CENTAUR) have a * next to their name.
2024
Radioisotope production using lasers: From basic science to applications, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Matter and Radiation at Extremes 9, 037203 (2024) | pub id: 1360 [DOI] [URL] |
2023
$\alpha$-cluster microscopic study of $^{12}\mathrm{C}+{}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ fusion toward the zero energy limit, , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 108, 035806 (2023) | pub id: 1335 [DOI] [URL] |
Pair production as a probe for the dynamics of nuclear fission and $\alpha$ decay, , and *, Phys. Rev. C 107, L031301 (2023) | pub id: 1309 [DOI] [URL] |
2022
Determining impact parameters of heavy-ion collisions at low-intermediate incident energies using deep learning with convolutional neural networks, , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 105, 034611 (2022) | pub id: 1214 [DOI] [URL] |
Investigating the possible existence of hyper-heavy nuclei in a neutron-star environment, , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 106, L012802 (2022) | pub id: 1247 [DOI] [URL] |
Search for rare 3-$\alpha$ decays in the region of the Hoyle state of $^{12}$C, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Nuclear Physics A 1020, 122395 (2022) | pub id: 1202 [DOI] [URL] |
2021
A Constrained Molecular Dynamics (CoMD) study of nuclear near-ground-state properties, , , , * and , in: HINPw6, EPJ web conferences 252, Athens, Greece (virtual), pages 07003, {EDP} Sciences, 2021 | pub id: 1176 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental investigation of abnormal transverse flow enhancement of $\alpha$ particles in heavy-ion collisions, , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 104, 044611 (2021) | pub id: 1174 [DOI] [URL] |
Four $\alpha$ correlations in nuclear fragmentation: a game of resonances*, , *, , , , , , , , , , , and *, Chinese Physics C 45, 024003 (2021) | pub id: 1212 [DOI] [URL] |
Nuclear temperature and its dependence on the source neutron-proton asymmetry deduced using the Albergo thermometer, , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 103, 014601 (2021) | pub id: 1090 [DOI] [URL] |
Pseudorapidity distributions of charged particles in pp($\overline{\mathrm{p}}$), p(d)A and {AA} collisions using Tsallis thermodynamics, , , , , and *, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 48, 105102 (2021) |
pub id: 1179 [DOI] [URL] |
2020
Calculation of the $^{12}\mathrm{C}+^{12}\mathrm{C}$ sub-barrier fusion cross section in an imaginary-time-dependent mean field theory, * and , Phys. Rev. C 102, 061602 (2020) | pub id: 1154 [DOI] [URL] |
Probing the neutron-proton asymmetry dependence of the nuclear source temperature with light charged particles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , * and , Phys. Rev. C 101, 064603 (2020) | pub id: 1005 [DOI] [URL] |
The Thomas theorem and the Efimov States within a generalized Bohr model, and *, Journal of Physics Communications 4, 085011 (2020) | pub id: 1044 [DOI] [URL] |
2019
A novel approach to medical radioisotope production using inverse kinematics: A successful production test of the theranostic radionuclide $^{67}$Cu, , , , , , , , , and *, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 149, 89--95 (2019) |
pub id: 897 [DOI] [URL] |
Examination of evidence for resonances at high excitation energy in the $7\alpha$ disassembly of $^{28}\mathrm{Si}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 99, 014606 (2019) |
pub id: 875 [DOI] [URL] |
Nuclear probes of an out-of-equilibrium plasma at the highest compression, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Physics Letters A 383, 2285--2289 (2019) | pub id: 903 [DOI] [URL] |
Spectral characterization by CVD diamond detectors of energetic protons from high-repetition rate laser for aneutronic nuclear fusion experiments, , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , and , in: Frontiers in diagnostic technologies, Journal of Instrumentation 14, Frascati-Rome, pages C01027--C01027, {IOP} Publishing, 2019 | pub id: 874 [DOI] [URL] |
Strongly resonating bosons in hot nuclei, , *, , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 99, 044605 (2019) | pub id: 894 [DOI] [URL] |
Neutron-proton asymmetry dependence of nuclear temperature with intermediate mass fragments, , , , , , , , , , , , , , * and , Phys. Rev. C 100, 064601 (2019) | pub id: 973 [DOI] [URL] |
Simulation of fusion and quasi-fission in nuclear reactions leading to production of superheavy elements using the Constrained Molecular Dynamics model, , , and *, Nuclear Physics A 992, 121640 (2019) | pub id: 958 [DOI] [URL] |
The role of the Heisenberg principle in constrained molecular dynamics model, , *, , , and , International Journal of Modern Physics E 28, 1950039 (2019) | pub id: 948 [DOI] [URL] |
2018
Analysis of pairing correlations in neutron transfer reactions and comparison to the constrained molecular dynamics model, , , , *, , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 97, 034616 (2018) | pub id: 803 [DOI] [URL] |
Decay modes of the Hoyle state in $^{12}\mathrm{C}$, , *, and , Physics Letters B 779, 460--463 (2018) | pub id: 788 [DOI] [URL] |
Evidence for resonances in the $7\alpha$ disassembly of $^{28}\mathrm{Si}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , and , in: 4th International Workshop on State of the Art in Nuclear Cluster Physics (SOTANCP), AIP Conference Proceedings 2038, Galveston, TX, USA, pages 020021, 2018 | pub id: 920 [DOI] [URL] |
Neutron enhancement from laser interaction with a critical fluid, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Physics Letters A 382, 94--98 (2018) | pub id: 785 [DOI] [URL] |
Reexamination of a novel determination of density, temperature, and symmetry energy based on a modified Fisher model, , , , , , , , * and , Phys. Rev. C 97, 014613 (2018) |
pub id: 770 [DOI] [URL] |
Neutron-proton equilibration in $35~\mathrm{MeV}/u$ collisions of $^{64,70}\mathrm{Zn}+^{64,70}\mathrm{Zn}$ and $^{64}\mathrm{Zn}$, $^{64}\mathrm{Ni}+^{64}\mathrm{Zn}$, $^{64}\mathrm{Ni}$ quantified using triplicate probes, , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 98, 044602 (2018) | pub id: 859 [DOI] [URL] |
Neutron-rich rare isotope production with stable and radioactive beams in the mass range $A \sim 40-60$ at beam energy around 15 {MeV}/nucleon, , , , , , , , * and *, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 45, 095105 (2018) | pub id: 837 [DOI] [URL] |
2017
$\alpha$-conjugate neck structures in the collisions of 35 MeV/nucleon $^{40}$Ca with $^{40}$Ca, , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 95, 054618 (2017) |
pub id: 672 [DOI] [URL] |
Chemical potential and symmetry energy for intermediate-mass fragment production in heavy ion reactions near the Fermi energy, , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 95, 044601 (2017) |
pub id: 670 [DOI] [URL] |
Collision dynamics of alpha-conjugate nuclei, , , , , , , , , , , , *, , and , in: International Workshop on Multi facets of Equation of state and Clustering, Il Nuovo Cimento 39 C, Caen, France, pages 394, 2017 | pub id: 636 [DOI] [URL] |
Description of charged particle pseudorapidity distributions in Pb+Pb collisions with Tsallis thermodynamics, , , and *, The European Physical Journal A 53, 197 (2017) |
pub id: 766 [DOI] [URL] |
Erratum: Novel determination of density, temperature, and symmetry energy for nuclear multifragmentation through primary fragment-yield reconstruction ]Phys. Rev. C 89, 021601(R) (2014)], , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 95, 039907 (2017) |
pub id: 669 [DOI] [URL] |
Indications of Bose-Einstein condensation and Fermi quenching in the decay of hot nuclei, , , *, and , in: International Workshop on Multi facets of Equation of state and Clustering, Il Nuovo Cimento 39 C, Caen, France, pages 389, 2017 | pub id: 607 [DOI] [URL] |
Mean free path and shear viscosity in central $^{129}\mathrm{Xe}+^{119}\mathrm{Sn}$ collisions below 100 MeV/nucleon, , , *, , and , Phys. Rev. C 96, 064604 (2017) | pub id: 786 [DOI] [URL] |
Range of plasma ions in cold cluster gases near the critical point, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Physics Letters A 381, 1682 - 1686 (2017) | pub id: 643 [DOI] [URL] |
2016
Competition between fermions and bosons in nuclear matter at low densities and finite temperatures, , , *, and *, Phys. Rev. C 94, 064617 (2016) | pub id: 576 [DOI] [URL] |
Fast ion emission and parametric instabilities in laser-solid target interaction, , , , *, , , , , , , and , in: Plasma Physics by Laser and Applications (PPLA2015), Journal of Instrumentation 11, Frascati, Italy, pages C04006, 2016 | pub id: 647 [DOI] [URL] |
Model-independent determination of the astrophysical ${S}$ factor in laser-induced fusion plasmas, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 93, 045808 (2016) | pub id: 477 [DOI] [URL] |
Neutron-rich rare-isotope production from projectile fission of heavy nuclei near 20 MeV/nucleon beam energy, , , , , , , , * and , Phys. Rev. C 94, 064611 (2016) | pub id: 580 [DOI] [URL] |
Properties of excited $A = 40$ nuclear systems with varying matter composition, , , , , *, , , , , , and , in: 12th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions 2015, EPJ Web of Conferences 117, Catania, Italy, pages 07021, 2016 | pub id: 594 [DOI] [URL] |
Signals of Bose Einstein condensation and Fermi quenching in the decay of hot nuclear systems, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and *, Physics Letters B 756, 194 - 199 (2016) | pub id: 198 [DOI] [URL] |
Study on a compact and adaptable Thomson Spectrometer for laser-initiated $^{11}\mathrm{B}(p,\alpha)^8\mathrm{Be}$ reactions and low-medium energy particle detection, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , and , in: Plasma Physics by Laser and Applications (PPLA2015), Journal of Instrumentation 11, Frascati, Italy, pages C05010, 2016 | pub id: 648 [DOI] [URL] |
Thermal and log-normal distributions of plasma in laser driven Coulomb explosions of deuterium clusters, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , International Journal of Modern Physics E 25, 1650063 (2016) | pub id: 590 [DOI] [URL] |
2015
Microscopic dynamical description of proton-induced fission with the constrained molecular dynamics model, , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 92, 024616 (2015) | pub id: 196 [DOI] [URL] |
Novel technique to extract experimental symmetry free energy information for nuclear matter, , , *, , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 92, 024605 (2015) | pub id: 173 [DOI] [URL] |
Reconstructed primary fragments and symmetry energy, temperature and density of the fragmenting source in $^{64}\mathrm{Zn}+^{112}\mathrm{Sn}$ at $40~\mathrm{MeV/nucleon}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, and , Nuclear Physics A 933, 290-305 (2015) | pub id: 156 [DOI] [URL] |
Systematic analysis of hadron spectra in $p$ + $p$ collisions using Tsallis distributions, , and *, Phys. Rev. D 92, 074009 (2015) | pub id: 195 [DOI] [URL] |
Triple $\alpha$ resonances in the $^6\mathrm{Li}+^6\mathrm{Li}\rightarrow3\alpha$ reaction at low energy, , *, , , , , and , Physics Letters B 750, 59 - 63 (2015) | pub id: 197 [DOI] [URL] |
2014
A laser application to nuclear astrophysics, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: Proceedings of the 7th European Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, AIP Conference Proceedings 1595, Sicily, Italy, pages 168-172, 2014 | pub id: 572 [DOI] [URL] |
Characterization of deuterium clusters mixed with helium gas for an application in beam-target-fusion experiments, , , , , , , , , , , *, , , and , Phys. Rev. E 90, 063109 (2014) | pub id: 113 [DOI] [URL] |
Coulomb corrections to experimental temperatures and densities in Fermi-energy heavy-ion collisions, , , *, , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 90, 027602 (2014) | pub id: 118 [DOI] [URL] |
Coulomb corrections to the extraction of the density and temperature in non-relativistic heavy ion collisions, , and *, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 41, 055109 (2014) | pub id: 159 [DOI] [URL] |
Density and temperature in heavy-ion collisions: A test of classical and quantum approaches, , , , and *, The European Physical Journal A 50, 1-6 (2014) | pub id: 163 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental reconstruction of primary hot isotopes and characteristic properties of the fragmenting source in heavy-ion reactions near the Fermi energy, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 90, 044603 (2014) | pub id: 114 [DOI] [URL] |
How much cooler would it be with some more neutrons?, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , and *, The European Physical Journal A 50, 35 (2014) | pub id: 287 [DOI] |
Isoscaling of heavy projectile residues and ${N}/{Z}$ equilibration in peripheral heavy-ion collisions below the Fermi energy, , , , , , , * and *, Phys. Rev. C 90, 064612 (2014) | pub id: 119 [DOI] [URL] |
Mass dependence of transverse flow in heavy ion collisions at intermediate energies, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , and , Phys. Rev. C 90, 014604 (2014) | pub id: 115 [DOI] [URL] |
Novel determination of density, temperature, and symmetry energy for nuclear multifragmentation through primary fragment-yield reconstruction, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 89, 021601 (2014) | pub id: 370 [DOI] [URL] |
Primary isotope yields and characteristic properties of the fragmenting source in heavy-ion reactions near the Fermi energy, , , , , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 90, 014605 (2014) | pub id: 117 [DOI] [URL] |
Quantum suppression of fluctuations and temperatures of reconstructed ${A}\sim30$ quasi-projectiles, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and *, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 41, 025108 (2014) | pub id: 288 [URL] |
Sifting through the remnants of heavy-ion collisions for observables sensitive to the nuclear equation of state, , , *, , , , , , , , and *, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 761, 1-6 (2014) | pub id: 158 [DOI] [URL] |
Systematic study of neutron-rich rare isotope production in peripheral heavy-ion collisions below the Fermi energy, , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 90, 064613 (2014) | pub id: 120 [DOI] [URL] |
The many facets of the (non-relativistic) Nuclear Equation of State, , and *, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics 76, 116 - 164 (2014) | pub id: 418 [DOI] [URL] |
2013
Asymmetry dependence of the nuclear caloric curve, , *, , , , , , , , , , , and *, Physics Letters B 719, 337 - 340 (2013) | pub id: 438 [DOI] [URL] |
Asymmetry dependence of the nuclear caloric curve, , *, , , , , , , , , , , and *, in: 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2012), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 420, San Antonio, Texas, pages 012085, 2013 | pub id: 301 [DOI] [URL] |
Average neutron detection efficiency for DEMON detectors, , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , and , Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 709, 68-71 (2013) | pub id: 376 [DOI] [URL] |
Critical scaling of two-component systems from quantum fluctuations, , *, , , , , , , , , , and *, International Journal of Modern Physics E 22, 1350090 (2013) | pub id: 292 [DOI] [URL] |
Density determinations in heavy ion collisions, , , *, , *, , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 88, 024609 (2013) | pub id: 289 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental determination of the quasi-projectile mass with measured neutrons, , , *, , , , , , , , , and *, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 707, 80 - 88 (2013) | pub id: 290 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental reconstruction of excitation energies of primary hot isotopes in heavy ion collisions near the Fermi energy, , , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 88, 034605 (2013) | pub id: 72 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental signals of a nuclear liquid-gas phase transition, , *, , , , , , , , , , and *, in: 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2012), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 420, San Antonio, Texas, pages 012110, 2013 | pub id: 302 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental study of fusion neutron and proton yields produced by petawatt-laser-irradiated D${}_{2}$-${}^{3}$He or CD${}_{4}$-${}^{3}$He clustering gases, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. E 88, 033108 (2013) | pub id: 373 [DOI] [URL] |
In-Medium phenomena in Low Density Nuclear Matter, , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , in: 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2012), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 420, San Antonio, Texas, pages 012086, 2013 | pub id: 406 [URL] |
Investigation of the nuclear phase transition using the Landau free-energy approach, , *, , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 87, 017603 (2013) | pub id: 251 [DOI] [URL] |
Isotopic yields as a probe of the symmetry energy: dealing with the secondary decay effects, , *, , , and , in: 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2012), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 420, San Antonio, TX, pages 012096, 2013 | pub id: 407 [DOI] [URL] |
Measurement of the Plasma Astrophysical ${S}$ Factor for the $^{3}\mathrm{He}(d,p)^{4}\mathrm{He}$ Reaction in Exploding Molecular Clusters, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 082502 (2013) | pub id: 375 [DOI] [URL] |
Particle-particle correlation functions as an experimental probe of the nuclear asymmetry energy, , , *, , , , , , , and *, in: 11th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (NN2012), Journal of Physics: Conference Series 420, San Antonio, Texas, pages 012111, 2013 | pub id: 303 [DOI] [URL] |
Systematic study of the symmetry energy within the approach of the statistical multifragmentation model, , *, , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 87, 024603 (2013) | pub id: 249 [DOI] [URL] |
Temperature Measurements of Fusion Plasmas Produced by Petawatt-Laser-Irradiated $\mathrm{D}_2$-$^3\mathrm{He}$ or $\mathrm{CD}_4$-$^{3}\mathrm{He}$ Clustering Gases, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 055002 (2013) | pub id: 374 [DOI] [URL] |
Using light charged particles to probe the asymmetry dependence of the nuclear caloric curve, , *, , , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 87, 034617 (2013) | pub id: 250 [DOI] [URL] |
2012
Constraining the symmetry term in the nuclear equation of state at subsaturation densities and finite temperatures, , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 85, 034617 (2012) | pub id: 34 [DOI] [URL] |
Correlations with projectile-like fragments and emission order of light charged particles, , *, , , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 86, 044605 (2012) | pub id: 324 [DOI] [URL] |
Experimental Determination of In-Medium Cluster Binding Energies and Mott Points in Nuclear Matter, , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 062702 (2012) | pub id: 475 [DOI] [URL] |
Laboratory Tests of Low Density Astrophysical Nuclear Equations of State, , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 172701 (2012) | pub id: 326 [DOI] [URL] |
Nuclear matter symmetry energy at $0.03\leqslant\rho/\rho_0\leqslant0.2$, , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and , Phys. Rev. C 85, 064618 (2012) | pub id: 325 [DOI] [URL] |
Sensitivity of intermediate mass fragment flows to the symmetry energy, , , *, , , , , , , , , , , , * and , Phys. Rev. C 85, 064605 (2012) | pub id: 35 [DOI] [URL] |
Study on Fragments Emission in the $^{64}\mathrm{Ni}+^{64}\mathrm{Ni}$ Reaction at $40 A\mathrm{MeV}$, , , , , , , , , , , , , *, , , and , Plasma Science and Technology 14, 386 (2012) | pub id: 440 [DOI] [URL] |
2011
Intermediate Mass Fragment Flow as a Probe to the Nuclear Equation of State, , , , *, , , , , , , , , , and *, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 312, pages 082030, 2011 | pub id: 66 [DOI] [URL] |
Transverse collective flow and midrapidity emission of isotopically identified light charged particles, , , , , , , , , *, , , , , , , and *, Phys. Rev. C 83, 044601 (2011) | pub id: 30 [DOI] [URL] |