Z-dependence Flow Pattern and Experimental Filter Effect on Transverse Flow Extraction in Intermediate-energy Heavy Ion Collisions

The transverse flow in the reaction of ⁴⁰Ca+⁴⁰Ca at 35 MeV/nucleon has been determined for emitted isotopes with Z=1 to 9. A significant modification of the Z-dependent flow pattern caused by the experimental filters, the detector thresholds and the angular resolutions (△ϕ) of the detector array, is observed. With the application of the appropriate experimental filters, the general trend of the experimental Z-dependent flow is well reproduced by the Constrained Molecular Dynamics (CoMD) simulation, employing an effective interaction corresponding to a soft EOS (K=200 MeV). This fact suggests that to determine the flow values more precisely, a detection system with lower energy threshold and better angular resolution is urgently required. Additionally, together with the parallel work of Z. Kohley et al.Phys Rev C, 2012, 85:064605, the pattern of the experimental Z dependence of transverse flow is also discussed. The shoulder patterns of Z-dependent flow for 1 ≤ Z ≤ 6 can be attributed by the experimental filters, while the reduction of flow for Z ≥ 6 in our experiment can be caused by the suppression of collective motion under the momentum conservation.