Fission Dynamics: The Quest of a Temperature Dependent Nuclear Viscosity

oai:ojs2.jnp.chitkara.edu.in:article/2This paper presents a journey within some open questions about the current use of a temperature dependent nuclear viscosity in models of nuclear fission and proposes an alternative experimental approach by using systems of intermediate fissility. This study is particularly relevant because: i) systems of intermediate fissility offer a suitable frame-work since the intervals between the compound nucleus and scission point temperatures with increasing excitation energy are much smaller than in the case of heavier systems, ii) the dependence of viscosity on the temperature may change with the fissility of the composite system; iii) the opportunity to measure also observables in the evaporation residues channel translates into a larger set of effective constraints for the models

Mass distributions for quasifission processes in superheavy compositesystems with Z=108-120

This paper presents the study of mass-energy distributions of quasifission fragments obtained in the reactions 36S, 48Ca, 64Ni+238U at energies below and above the Coulomb barrier. To describe the quasifission mass distribution the simple model has been proposed. This model is based on the driving potential of the system and time dependent mass drift. This procedure allows to estimate QF time scale from the measured mass distributions

Mass distributions for quasifission processes in superheavy compositesystems with Z=108-120

This paper presents the study of mass-energy distributions of quasifission fragments obtained in the reactions 36S, 48Ca, 64Ni+238U at energies below and above the Coulomb barrier. To describe the quasifission mass distribution the simple model has been proposed. This model is based on the driving potential of the system and time dependent mass drift. This procedure allows to estimate QF time scale from the measured mass distributions

Fusion-fission of superheavy compound nuclei produced in reactions with heavy ions beyond Ca

Total Kinetic Energy - Mass distributions of fission-like fragments for the reactions of 22Ne, 26Mg, 36S, 48Ca, 58Fe and 64Ni ions with actinides leading to the formation of superheavy compound systems with Z=108-120 at energies near the Coulomb barrier have been measured. Fusion-fission cross sections were estimated from the analysis of mass and total kinetic energy distributions. It was found that the fusion probability drops by three orders of magnitude for the formation of the compound nucleus with Z=120 obtained in the reaction 64Ni+238U compared to the formation of the compound nucleus with Z=112 obtained in the reaction 48Ca+238U at the excitation energy of the compound nucleus of about 45 MeV. From our analysis it turns out that the reaction 64Ni+238U is not suitable for the synthesis of element Z=120

Neutron emission in fission and quasi-fission of Hs

Mass and energy distributions of fission-like fragments obtained in the reactions 26Mg + 248Cm, 36S+ 238U and 58Fe + 208Pb leading to the formation of 266,274Hs are reported. From the analysis of TKE distributions for symmetric fragment it was found that at energies below the Coulomb barrier the bimodal fission of 274Hs, formed in the reaction 26Mg+ 248Cm, is observed, while in the reaction 36S+ 238U at these energies the main part of the symmetric fragments arises from the quasi-fission process. At energies above the Coulomb barrier the fusion-fission is a main process leading to the formation of symmetric fragment for the both reactions. In the case of 58Fe+ 208Pb reaction the quasi-fission process is the main reaction mechanism at all measured energies. The pre- and post-scission neutron multiplicities as a function of the fragment mass have been obtained for all studied reactions. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.SCOPUS: cp.pinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Evidence of quasifission in the 180Hg composite system formed in the 68Zn + 112Sn reaction

For the 68Zn + 112Sn reaction the Coulomb parameter Z1Z2 is equal to 1500 that is close to the threshold value for the appearance of quasifission process. It was found that mass-energy distributions of the reaction fragments differ significantly from those obtained in the 36Ar + 144Sm reaction leading to the formation of the same composite system of 180Hg at similar excitation energies of about 50 MeV. In the case of the reaction with 68Zn ions, the mass distribution of fissionlike fragments has a wide two-humped shape with maximum yields at 70 and 110 u for the light and heavy fragments, respectively, instead of 80 and 100 u observed in the fission of 180Hg formed in the 36Ar + 144Sm reaction. The difference is explained by an unexpectedly large contribution (more than 70%) of quasifission in the case of the 68Zn + 112Sn reaction.peerReviewe

Bimodal fission of Hs*

Mass and energy distributions of fission fragments obtained in the reactions 22Ne + 249Cf, 26Mg + 248Cm, and 22Ne + 238U have been measured. A special attention will be paid on the properties of mass-energy distribution of fission fragments obtained in the reaction 26Mg + 248Cm at an excitation energy of 35 MeV. At this energy shell effects should become more effective in fission, the TKE distribution of symmetric fragments obtained in the reaction 26Mg + 248Cm differs strongly from a Gaussian shape. Besides a low-energy component, a high-energy component, not foreseen in the LDM, arises. This is attributed to the fact that both fission fragments are close to the spherical neutron shell N 82. It means that for the compound nucleus 274Hs*, formed in the reaction 26Mg + 248Cm, the phenomenon of bimodal fission was observed for the first time. For the compound nucleus 260No* formed in the reaction 22Ne + 238U at the initial excitation energy of 41 MeV the bimodal fission as well as superasymmetric fission were observed. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.SCOPUS: cp.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe