!! !! !!\\\ !!\\\ !!\ !! !! \\ !! \\ !! \\ !! !! // !! // !! \\ !! !!/// !!/// !! \!! !! !! !! !! !! !! Prepared at the NATIONAL SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOTRON LABORATORY Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1321 Vol. 17 No. 1 1/6/98 Communicate all comments and questions, and for each preprint you produce, send a copy to: Dr. Betty Tsang at the NSCL. Electronic mail subscription of NPP is available. Send inquiry to TSANG@NSCL.NSCL.MSU.EDU Current and previous versions are also available via anonymous ftp at 35.8.32.44 in the /pub/preprints directory and on the World Wide Web at ftp://www.nscl.msu.edu/pub/preprints Table of Contents: ------------------ Accelerator Physics Astrophysics Elastic Scattering - Experimental & Theoretical Exotic Nuclei General Nuclear Theory Heavy-Ion Reaction Theory High Energy Heavy-Ion Reactions (E/A>20 MeV) Low Energy Heavy-Ion Reactions (E/A<20 MeV) Nuclear Structure -- Experimental & Theoretical Photonuclear and Electron Physics Radioactivity and Fission Relativistic Heavy-Ion Reactions Miscellaneous ================================================================ Accelerator Physics ================================================================ Calibration of Secondary Emission Monitors of Absolute Proton Beam Intensity in the CERN SPS North Area K. Bernier, G. de Rijk et al; sc: CERN; da: 12/12/97; dn: CERN 97-07; NSCL# 4669 Constraints Due to the Production of Radioactive Ion Beams in the SPIRAL Project R. Leroy, Y. Huguet et al; sc: GANIL; da: 12/23/97; dn: GANIL S 97 05; NSCL# 4686 Development of a 2.45-GHz ECR Ion source for Ion-Implanter Application M. Sekiguchi, H. Matsushita et al; sc: INS; da: 12/23/97; dn: No. 1; pb: 7th International Conference on Ion Sources (Taormina); NSCL# 4691 ================================================================ Astrophysics ================================================================ New Experiments for the Breakout off the Hot-CNO Cycle S. Kubono, M. Kurokawa et al; sc: INS; da: 12/23/97; dn: CNS-REP-2; pb: Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics III, September 2-5, 1997, Tours, France; NSCL# 4689 ================================================================ Elastic Scattering - Experimental & Theoretical ================================================================ A Consistent Calculation of Dispersion Corrections in Elastic Electron-Deuteron Scattering T. Herrmann and R. Rosenfelder; sc: PSI; da: 12/29/97; dn: PSI-PR-97-37; NSCL# 4692 Parameter Free Account of Quasi Elastic Scattering of Stable and Radioactive Nuclei L.C. Chamon, D. Pereira et al; sc: SAOP; da: 12/16/97; NSCL# 4675 ================================================================ Exotic Nuclei ================================================================ Break-up of Halo States Induced By Nuclear Interactions F. Barranco and E. Vigezzi; sc: MILA; da: 12/23/97; dn: NTGMI-97-2; pb: 4th International School of Heavy Ion Physics (Erice, May 1997), Eds. R.A. Broglia and P.G. Hansen, World Scientific; NSCL# 4688 Perspectives for Nuclear Structure Research at GSI - from Halo Nuclei to Superheavy Elements G. Munzenberg; sc: GSI; da: 12/1/97; dn: GSI-Preprint-97- 67; pb: II Nuovo Cimento; NSCL# 4661 ================================================================ General Nuclear Theory ================================================================ Causal Classical Theory of Radiation Damping M.S. Hussein, M.P. Pato et al; sc: SAOP; da: 12/16/97; NSCL# 4674 Dynamical Derivation of a Quantum Kinetic Equation for Particle Production in the Schwinger Mechanism S.A. Smolyansky, G. Ropke et al; sc: GSI; da: 12/23/97; dn: GSI-Preprint-97-72; NSCL# 4683 Scaling in SU(3) Theory With a MCRG Improved Lattice Action A. Borici and R. Rosenfelder; sc: PSI; da: 12/29/97; dn: PSI-PR-97-36; NSCL# 4693 ================================================================ Heavy-Ion Reaction Theory ================================================================ First Order Phase Transition in Intermediate Energy Heavy Ion Collisions J. Pan, S. Das Gupta et al; sc: MCGI; da: 12/23/97; NSCL# 4684 Universal Features of the Off-Equilibrium Fragmentation with the Gaussian Dissipation R. Botet and M. Ploszajczak et al; sc: GANIL; da: 12/23/97; dn: GANIL P 97 38; NSCL# 4687 ================================================================ High Energy Heavy-Ion Reactions (E/A>20 MeV) ================================================================ Investigating the Nuclear Caloric Curve With a Sequential Statistical Model A. Siwek, D. Durand et al; sc: LPC-CAEN; da: 12/23/97; dn: LPCC 97-16; pb: Phys. Rev. C; NSCL# 4685 Two-Neutron Interferometry Measurements J. Pluta, G. Bizard et al; sc: SUBATECH; da: 12/30/97; dn: SUBATECH 97-28; NSCL# 4694 ================================================================ Low Energy Heavy-Ion Reactions (E/A<20 MeV) ================================================================ Complete and Incomplete Fusion in Heavy Ion Collisions L.F. Canto, R. Donangelo et al; sc: SAOP; da: 12/16/97; NSCL# 4672 ================================================================ Nuclear Structure -- Experimental & Theoretical ================================================================ Beyond the Mean-Field: Quantum Monte Carlo Approach for Finite Fermi Systems Y. Alhassid; sc: YALE; da: 12/11/97; pb: International Conference on Atomic Nuclei and Metallic Clusters, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5, 1997; NSCL# 4668 Decay Theory of Double Giant Resonances B.V. Carlson, M.S. Hussein et al; sc: IDEA; da: 12/2/97; NSCL# 4663 Invariant Correlational Entropy and Complexity of Quantum States Valentin V. Sokolov, B. Alex Brown et al; sc: NSCL; da: 12/1/97; dn: MSUCL-1085; NSCL# 4662 Nuclear Radii of Excited States in A=17 Isoquartets S. Nakamura, V. Guimaraes et al; sc: INS; da: 12/23/97; dn: CNS-REP-3; pb: Phys. Lett. B; NSCL# 4690 Semiclassical Treatment of Electron-Molecule Scattering Within the Vibron Model M.S. Hussein and M.P. Pato; sc: MIT; da: 12/16/97; dn: 4601; pb: Phys. Rev. A; NSCL# 4676 Systematic Study of Even-Even Nuclei up to the Drip Lines in Terms of a Relativistic Many Body Framework D. Hirata, K. Sumiyoshi et al; sc: RIKEN; da: 12/1/97; dn: RIKEN-AF-NP-268; NSCL# 4658 ================================================================ Photonuclear and Electron Physics ================================================================ Non-factorizable Photonic Corrections to e+e- ---> WW ---> 4 Fermions A. Denner, S. Dittmaier et al; sc: PSI; da: 12/16/97; dn: PSI-PR-97-30; NSCL# 4678 Radioactive Corrections to W+W- ---> W+W- in the Electroweak Standard Model A. Denner and T. Hahn; sc: PSI; da: 12/16/97; dn: PSI-PR- 97-31; NSCL# 4677 ================================================================ Radioactivity and Fission ================================================================ Beta-Decay Half-Lives of Very Neutron Rich Isotopes of Elements From Ti to Ni F. Ameil, M. Bernas et al; sc: IPN; da: 12/11/97; dn: IPNO- DRE-97-33; pb: Z. Phys. A; NSCL# 4665 Calculated Nuclide Production Yields in Relativistic Collisions of Fissile Nuclei J. Benlliure, A. Grewe et al; sc: GSI; da: 12/23/97; dn: GSI-Preprint-97-68; pb: Nucl. Phys. A; NSCL# 4679 Discovery and Cross-Section Measurement of 58 New Fission Products in Projectile-Fission of 750 A.MeV U238 M. Bernas, C. Engelmann et al; sc: IPN; da: 12/11/97; dn: IPNO-DRE-97-34; pb: Phys. Lett. B; NSCL# 4667 Investigation of Fission Time-Scales in Various Mass Regions by Neutron Spectra Measurements G. Rudolf; sc: IRES; da: 12/15/97; dn: IReS 97-27; pb: European Conference on Advances in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-12 July 1997; NSCL# 4671 Investigation of the Extra-extra-push by Pre-scission Neutron Measurements With DEMON G. Rudolf; sc: IRES; da: 12/15/97; dn: IReS 97-28; pb: Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics III, Konan University, Tours, France, 2-5 September 1997; NSCL# 4670 ================================================================ Relativistic Heavy-Ion Reactions ================================================================ The Quark Condensate in Relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions B. Friman, W. Norenberg et al; sc: GSI; da: 12/23/97; dn: GSI-Preprint-97-69; NSCL# 4680 ================================================================ Miscellaneous ================================================================ High-Resolution Microscopy of Latent Tracks Induced by High-Energy Heavy Ions J. Vetter, J. Ackermann et al; sc: GSI; da: 12/1/97; dn: GSI-Preprint-97-66; pb: Advances in Fission-Track Geochronology; NSCL# 4660 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Source Code Addresses: <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> CERN CERN CH-1211 Geneva 23 Switzerland GANIL Laboratoire GANIL Boite Postale No. 5027 F-14021 Caen Cedex France GSI Gesellschaft fur Schwerionforschung Postfach 11 05 52 D-64220 Darmstadt Germany IDEA Divisao de Fisica Teorica Institudo de Estudos Avancados Centro Tecnico Aeraespacial 12228 Sao Jose dos Com Brasil INS Institute for Nuclear Study University of Tokyo Midori-cho Tanashi Tokyo 188 Japan IPN Institut de Physique Nucleaire Boite Postale No. 1 F-91406 Orsay Cedex France IRES Institut de Recherches Subatomique B.P. 28 F-67037 Strasbourg Cedex 2 France LPC-CAEN Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire ISMRA Boulevard Maréchal Juin 14050 Caen Cedex, France MCGI McGill University 3600 University Street Montreal, PQ Canada, V6T 2A3 MILA Dipartimento di Fisica Universita di Milano Via Celoria 16 20133 Milano, Italy MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139 USA NSCL National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824-1321 USA PSI Paul Scherrer Institute CH-5232 Villigen PSI Switzerland RIKEN The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research 2-1 Hirosawa Wako, Saitama 351-01 Japan SAOP Instituto de Fisica Universidade de Sao Paolo 01 498 Sao Paolo SP Brasil SUBATECH Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique 4, Rue Alfred Kastler La Chantrerie 44070 Nantes Cedex 03 France YALE Department of Physics Yale University New Haven, CT 06520 USA