New method for determination of temperature in spallation reactions

Abstract

We propose a new method for determination of temperature in spallation events. It is shown that temperature can be determined by applying the friction model of energy dissipation in participant-spectator model of a spallation process. First order estimate of temperature dependence of the participant zone on reaction Q-value is obtained from the Fermi gas model considerations. The heat diffusion process is also discussed.

Keywords

• spallation
• nuclear temperature
• heavy-ion reactions