Jets of nuclear matter from high energy heavy ion collisions

The fluid dynamical model is used to study the reactions ²⁰Ne+²³⁸U and ⁴⁰Ar+⁴⁰Ca at Elab=390 MeV/nucleon. The calculated double differential cross sections d²σdΩdE exhibit sidewards maxima in agreement with recent experimental data. The azimuthal dependence of the triple differential distributions, to be obtained from an event-by-event analysis of 4π exclusive experiments, can yield deeper insight into the collision process: Jets of nuclear matter are predicted with a strongly impact-parameter-dependent thrust angle θⱼₑₜ(b).NUCLEAR REACTIONS Ar+Ca, Ne+U, Elab=393 MeV/nucleon, fluid dynamics with thermal breakup, double differential cross sections, azimuthal dependence of triple differential cross sections, event-by-event thrust analysis of 4π exclusive experiments.