Matthew Goupell, Hope CollegeTitle: Angular Dependence of Light Charged Particle CorrelationsAuthors: M. Goupell, P.A. DeYoung, G.F. Peaslee, P.L. Jolivette, M. Macdermaid (Hope College); J.J. Kolata (University of Notre Dame); J. Hinnefeld (Indiana University, South Bend)Abstract: Past measurements of small angle, proton-proton correlations yielded results showing that the deduced lifetime was dependent on the angle of detection. The observation that short deduced lifetimes are mainly seen at forward angles lead us to believe that nucleon-nucleon scattering, along wiht the normal statistical emission, occurs during heavy ion reaction. At the University of Notre Dame, we measured proton-proton correlation from the 16O + 27Al system at a beam energy of 72 MeV. Their light charged particles were measured with sixteen CSI detectors at 20o and with an opening angle of 3.27o. The correlation functions will be shown and compared to other results. |