{sup 208}Pb-daughter cluster radioactivity and the deformations and orientations of nuclei

Journal Article · Mon Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.79.064616· OSTI ID:21293749

Arun, Sham K; Gupta, Raj K; Singh, BirBikram; Kanwar, Shefali; Sharma, Manoj K ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160 014 (India)

The role of deformations and orientations of nuclei is studied for the first time in cluster decays of various radioactive nuclei, particularly those decaying to doubly closed shell, spherical {sup 208}Pb daughter nucleus. Also, the significance of using the correct Q-value of the decay process is pointed out. The model used is the preformed cluster model (PCM) of Gupta and collaborators [R. K. Gupta et al., Proc. Int. Conf. on Nuclear Reactions Mechanisms, Varenna, 1988, p. 416; Phys. Rev. C 39, 1992 (1989); 55, 218 (1997); Heavy Elements and Related New Phenomena, edited by W. Greiner and R. K. Gupta, World Sc. 1999, Vol. II, p. 731]. In this model, cluster emission is treated as a tunneling of the confining interaction barrier by a cluster considered already preformed with a relative probability P{sub 0}. Since both the scattering potential and potential energy surface due to the fragmentation process in the ground state of the parent nucleus change significantly with the inclusion of deformation and orientation effects, both the penetrability P and preformation probability P{sub 0} of clusters change accordingly. The calculated decay half-lives for all the cluster decays investigated here are generally in good agreement with measured values for the calculation performed with quadrupole deformations {beta}{sub 2} alone and 'optimum' orientations of cold elongated configurations. In some cases, particularly for {sup 14}C decay of Ra nuclei, the inclusion of multipole deformations up to hexadecapole {beta}{sub 4} is found to be essential for a comparison with data. However, the available {beta}{sub 4}-values, particularly for nuclei in the mass region 16{<=}A{<=}26, need be used with caution.

• OSTI ID: 21293749
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 79; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CARBON 14
CLUSTER MODEL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DAUGHTER PRODUCTS
DEFORMED NUCLEI
EMISSION
FRAGMENTATION
GROUND STATES
HALF-LIFE
LEAD 208
MASS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
ORIENTED NUCLEI
POTENTIAL ENERGY
Q-VALUE
RADIOACTIVITY
SCATTERING
SIMULATION
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION
TUNNEL EFFECT