Effects of the magnetic field on the spallation reaction implemented by BUU coupled with a phase-space coalescence afterburner

Based on the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (BUU) transport model coupled with a phase-space coalescence afterburner, the spallation reaction p+ Au-197 at the incident beam energy E-beam = 800MeV/nucleon is studied. We find that the number of test particles per nucleon has minor effects on the neutron-to-proton ratio (n/p) of the produced heavier fragments while it affects much their yields. The external strong magnetic field affects the production of heavier fragments more than the n/p of produced fragments. The n/p of free nucleons is greatly affected by the strong magnetic field, especially for the nucleons with lower energies. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2012