Equilibration in Orbiting Reactions

Abstract

Forward-angle yields of targetlike products in reactions between a $^{28}\mathrm{Si}$ beam and a $^{14}\mathrm{N}$ target have been measured at laboratory energies between 100 and 170 MeV. The $^{12}\mathrm{C}$ and $^{16}\mathrm{O}$ yields are found to be higher than those of $^{14}\mathrm{N}$ over the measured range of energies. This is interpreted as evidence for the equilibration of charge and mass in orbiting reactions.