Isotopic yields of spallation residues produced in 136Xe-induced reactions on deuterium at 500A MeV.

Residual fragment production in reactions induced by 136Xe projectiles impinging on a liquid deuterium target at 500A MeV has been measured at GSI. Projectile residues were unambiguously identified in atomic and mass numbers using the Fragment Separator as high-resolution zero-degree spectrometer. The isotopic production yields of these residuals were used to benchmark reference model calculations describing spallation reactions. In particular the energy dissipated in these reactions was assessed by comparing the production yields measured in this work with the ones obtained in reactions induced by 136Xe projectiles on protons at 1000A and 500A MeV. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]