SECTION II: HEAVY ION REACTIONS

Light particle clusterization in nuclear matter at very low density.......................................... II-1

L. Qin, J. B. Natowitz, G. Roepke, K. Hagel, R. Wada, Z. Chen, P. Sahu, S. Kowalski,

C. Bottosso , S. Shlomo, M. Barbui, D. Fabris, M. Lunardon, S. Moretto, G. Nebbia,

S. Pesente, V. Rizzi, G. Viesti, M. Cinausero, G. Prete, T. Keutgen, Y. El Masri, and Z. Majka

A new order parameter for IMF isotope distributions.............................................................. II-4

Z. Chen, R. Wada, A. Bonasera, T. Keutgen, K. Hagel, J. Wang, L. May,

L. Qin, J. B. Natowitz, T. Materna, S. Kowalski and P. K. Sahu

Lithium production in heavy ion reactions at 47 MeV/u......................................................... ..II-6

C. Bottosso, R. Wada, K. Hagel, J. B. Natowitz, L. J. Qin, T. Keutgen, Z. Chen,

and P. K. Sahu

Progress in BRAHMS................................................................................................................. II-9

K. Hagel, R. Wada, J. B. Natowitz, and the BRAHMS Collaboration

Isospin effects observed in the transverse flow of isotopically resolved fragments below

the balance energy.................................................................................................................... II-11

Z. Kohley, E. Bell, K. Hagel, R. Wada, S. Soisson, A. L. Keksis, D. V. Shetty,

G. A. Souliotis, S. Wuenschel, B. Stein, S. Galanopoulos, L. W. May, L. Qin,

J. B. Natowitz, S. J. Yennello, and the NIMROD Collaboration

Isoscaling and nuclear temperature studies of reconstructed quasiprojectiles from peripheral

and semiperipheral collisions in the Fermi energy regime ..................................................... II-14

S. Galanopoulos, G. A. Souliotis, A. L. Keksis, M. Veselsky, M. Jandel, D. V. Shetty,

Z. Kohley, S. Soisson, B. Stein, S. Wuenschel, and S. J. Yennello

Semiclassical simulations of peripheral heavy-ion collisions at Fermi Energies and the

sensitivity to the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy................................... II-19

G. A. Souliotis, D. V. Shetty, S. Galanopoulos, and S. J. Yennello

An empirical relation for studying the nuclear symmetry energy as a function of excitation

energy in various mass regions................................................................................................ II-24

D. V. Shetty, G. A. Souliotis, S. Galanopoulos, Z. Kohley, S. N. Soisson, B. C. Stein,

S. Wuenschel, and S. J. Yennello

A new method of point-to-curve distance calculations............................................................ II-26

L. W. May, S. Wuenschel, B. Stein, and S. J. Yennello

Analysis of ^86,78Kr + ^64,58Ni data taken on the upgraded NIMROD-ISiS................................. II-28

S. Wuenschel, S. Galanopoulos, K. Hagel, Z. Kohley, L. W. May, J. B. Natowitz,

D. V. Shetty, S. N. Soisson, G. Souliotis, B. C. Stein, R. Wada, and S. J. Yennello

Calibration of the ^32,36S, ⁸⁶Kr on ^112,124Sn, ¹⁹⁷Au data taken on the FAUST array.................. II-30

B. C. Stein, S. N. Soisson, G. A. Souliotis, D. V. Shetty, S. Galanopoulos,

S. Wuenschel, Z. Kohley, L. W. May, and S. J.Yennello

A dual-axis dual-lateral position sensitive detector for the FAUST array.............................. II-31

S. N. Soisson, B. C. Stein, L. W. May, and S. J. Yennello