Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)

Autor: K. Banerjee, D.J. Hinde, M. Dasgupta, J. Sadhukhan, E.C. Simpson, D.Y. Jeung, C. Simenel, B.M.A. Swinton-Bland, E. Williams, L.T. Bezzina, I.P. Carter, K.J. Cook, H.M. Albers, Ch.E. Düllmann, J. Khuyagbaatar, B. Kindler, B. Lommel, C. Mokry, E. Prasad, J. Runke, N. Schunck, C. Sengupta, J.F. Smith, P. Thörle-Pospiech, N. Trautmann, K. Vo-Phuoc, J. Walshe, A. Yakushev
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Physics Letters B, Vol 820, Iss , Pp 136601- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0370-2693
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136601
Popis: Measurements of mass and angular distributions have been made for fission-like outcomes in reactions forming isotopes of flerovium (Z=114), using 48Ca, 50Ti, and 54Cr projectiles. The dominant fast quasifission process, which masks the presence of fusion-fission, has minimum yield at the most backward angles, where the sensitivity to fusion-fission is thus highest. In fitting the backward angle mass spectra, only weak evidence for a component of super-asymmetric fission was found, but a near-symmetric fission component was consistently required for the 48Ca + 244Pu reaction, giving upper limit to the fusion probabilities PCN of ∼10−2, ∼5 times lower than previous results. PCN for the 50Ti reaction was lower than 48Ca, whilst no evidence of fusion-fission was found for the 54Cr reaction.
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