Higher-multipole deformations and compactness of hot fusion reactions
- Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014 (India)
- Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Max-von-Laue-Str. 1, D-60438 Frankfurt (Germany)
The effect of adding the higher-multipole deformations {beta}{sub 6} and {beta}{sub 8}, and the octupole deformation {beta}{sub 3} (in addition to quadrupole and hexadecapole deformations {beta}{sub 2} and {beta}{sub 4}), on the distribution of barriers in orientation degrees of freedom is studied for a ''compact'' configuration of spherical-plus-deformed or deformed-plus-deformed nuclei in hot fusion reactions. Though {beta}{sub 3} is known to be nonzero for only a few nuclei, its role toward compactness of hot fusion reactions is found to be as important as that of {beta}{sub 4}. With {beta}{sub 3} included, depending on its sign and magnitude, the belly-to-belly compact, bbc (or equatorial compact, ec), configuration due to {beta}{sub 4} changes to not-belly-to-belly compact, nbbc (or not-equatorial compact, nec), and vice versa. Similarly, {beta}{sub 6} is found to be as important as {beta}{sub 3} and/or {beta}{sub 4} for spherical-plus-deformed nuclei, but is rather insignificant for collisions involving deformed-plus-deformed nuclei. On the other hand, the addition of {beta}{sub 8} is shown to be insignificant also for spherical-plus-deformed nuclei.
- OSTI ID:
- 20863808
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 74, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.74.034603; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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