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Title: Study of Quasielastic Barrier Distributions as a Step towards the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements with Hot Fusion Reactions

Abstract

The excitation functions for quasielastic scattering of Ne 22 + Cm 248 , Mg 26 + Cm 248 , and Ca 48 + U 238 are measured using a gas-filled recoil ion separator. The quasielastic barrier distributions are extracted for these systems and are compared with coupled-channel calculations. The results indicate that the barrier distribution is affected dominantly by deformation of the actinide target nuclei, but also by vibrational or rotational excitations of the projectile nuclei, as well as neutron transfer processes before capture. From a comparison between the experimental barrier distributions and the evaporation residue cross sections for Sg ( Z=106 ), Hs (108), Cn (112), and Lv (116), it is suggested that the hot fusion reactions take advantage of a compact collision, where the projectile approaches along the short axis of a prolately deformed nucleus. Overall, a new method is proposed to estimate the optimum incident energy to synthesize unknown superheavy nuclei using the barrier distribution.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [6];  [3];  [7];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [8]
  1. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Saitama (Japan); Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan); Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
  2. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Saitama (Japan); Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka (Japan)
  3. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Saitama (Japan)
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  5. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Saitama (Japan); Yamagata Univ. (Japan)
  6. RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Saitama (Japan); Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan). Advanced Science Research Center
  7. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan). Advanced Science Research Center
  8. Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan); Tohoku Univ., Sendai (Japan). Research Center for Electron Photon Science; Kyoto Univ. (Japan)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
OSTI Identifier:
1669769
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 19002005
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 124; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Low & intermediate energy heavy-ion reactions; nuclear fusion; nuclear reactions

Citation Formats

Tanaka, T., Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Boll, R.  A., Brewer, N.  T., Van Cleve, S., Dean, D.  J., Ishizawa, S., Ito, Y., Komori, Y., Nishio, K., Niwase, T., Rasco, B.  C., Roberto, J.  B., Rykaczewski, K.  P., Sakai, H., Stracener, D.  W., and Hagino, K. Study of Quasielastic Barrier Distributions as a Step towards the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements with Hot Fusion Reactions. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.052502.
Tanaka, T., Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Boll, R.  A., Brewer, N.  T., Van Cleve, S., Dean, D.  J., Ishizawa, S., Ito, Y., Komori, Y., Nishio, K., Niwase, T., Rasco, B.  C., Roberto, J.  B., Rykaczewski, K.  P., Sakai, H., Stracener, D.  W., & Hagino, K. Study of Quasielastic Barrier Distributions as a Step towards the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements with Hot Fusion Reactions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.052502
Tanaka, T., Morita, K., Morimoto, K., Kaji, D., Haba, H., Boll, R.  A., Brewer, N.  T., Van Cleve, S., Dean, D.  J., Ishizawa, S., Ito, Y., Komori, Y., Nishio, K., Niwase, T., Rasco, B.  C., Roberto, J.  B., Rykaczewski, K.  P., Sakai, H., Stracener, D.  W., and Hagino, K. Wed . "Study of Quasielastic Barrier Distributions as a Step towards the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements with Hot Fusion Reactions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.124.052502. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1669769.
@article{osti_1669769,
title = {Study of Quasielastic Barrier Distributions as a Step towards the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements with Hot Fusion Reactions},
author = {Tanaka, T. and Morita, K. and Morimoto, K. and Kaji, D. and Haba, H. and Boll, R.  A. and Brewer, N.  T. and Van Cleve, S. and Dean, D.  J. and Ishizawa, S. and Ito, Y. and Komori, Y. and Nishio, K. and Niwase, T. and Rasco, B.  C. and Roberto, J.  B. and Rykaczewski, K.  P. and Sakai, H. and Stracener, D.  W. and Hagino, K.},
abstractNote = {The excitation functions for quasielastic scattering of Ne22+Cm248, Mg26+Cm248, and Ca48+U238 are measured using a gas-filled recoil ion separator. The quasielastic barrier distributions are extracted for these systems and are compared with coupled-channel calculations. The results indicate that the barrier distribution is affected dominantly by deformation of the actinide target nuclei, but also by vibrational or rotational excitations of the projectile nuclei, as well as neutron transfer processes before capture. From a comparison between the experimental barrier distributions and the evaporation residue cross sections for Sg (Z=106), Hs (108), Cn (112), and Lv (116), it is suggested that the hot fusion reactions take advantage of a compact collision, where the projectile approaches along the short axis of a prolately deformed nucleus. Overall, a new method is proposed to estimate the optimum incident energy to synthesize unknown superheavy nuclei using the barrier distribution.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevlett.124.052502},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 5,
volume = 124,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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