The Heavy Ion Nuclear Fusion calculator

for the Palm Pilot

The heavy Ion fusion calculator, fusion.prc, is a tool for Nuclear physicists who are using heavy ion beams impinging on stationary targets to produce short-lived excited nuclei using the fusion process.

The inputs to the program are

the Z, A and energy of the heavy ion beam
the Z and A of the target
the number neutrons, protons and alpha particles that evaporate from the compound nucleus.

The outputs of the program are

The energy available in the CMS system
The Q value of the reaction
The recoil energy of the residue
The velocity of the residue (in % v/c)
The Coulomb energy (both CMS and LAB)
An estimate of the maximum angular momentum of the compound nucleus
An estimate of the excitation energy of the residue

Please note:

If you do not specify the beam energy, the program will select the coulomb energy.
If you do not specify the mass of the beam/target, the program will select the most abundant (or longest lived) isotope.
If you specify nothing and just push "calc", a demo reaction is loaded and calculated.