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Sharp change-over from compound nuclear fission to quasifission

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Fission fragment mass distributions have been measured from the decay of the compound nucleus {sup 246}Bk that has been populated via two entrance channels. These entrance channels have a slight difference in their mass asymmetries that puts them on either side of the Businaro Gallone mass asymmetry parameter. Both target nuclei were deformed. Near the Coulomb barrier, at similar excitation energies, the width of the fission fragment mass distribution was found to be drastically different for the {sup 14}N+{sup 232}Th reaction compared to the {sup 11}B+{sup 235}U reaction. The entrance channel mass asymmetry was found to affect the fusion process sharply.
OSTI ID:
21286957
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 79; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English