American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 5(63), p. 494-497
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.63.494
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The dependence of multifragment-emission processes upon linear momentum transfer to the target residue is determined for 36induced reactions on 238U at E/A=35 MeV. Significantly more intermediate-mass fragments are emitted in central collisions. Multiplicity distributions for intermediate-mass fragments emitted behind the grazing angle resemble Poisson distributions and are consistent with a stochastic production process. Exit channels with up to five intermediate-mass fragments and two fission fragments were observed.