Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)

K. Banerjee; D. J. Hinde; M. Dasgupta; J. Sadhukhan; E. C. Simpson; D. Y. Jeung; C. Simenel; B. M.A. Swinton-Bland; E. Williams; L. T. Bezzina; I. P. Carter; K. J. Cook; H. M. Albers; Ch E. Düllmann; J. Khuyagbaatar; B. Kindler; B. Lommel; C. Mokry; E. Prasad; J. Runke; N. Schunck; C. Sengupta; J. F. Smith; P. Thörle-Pospiech; N. Trautmann; K. Vo-Phuoc; J. Walshe; A. Yakushev

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136601

Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)

K. Banerjee^*, D. J. Hinde, M. Dasgupta, J. Sadhukhan, E. C. Simpson, D. Y. Jeung, C. Simenel, B. M.A. Swinton-Bland, E. Williams, L. T. Bezzina, I. P. Carter, K. J. Cook, H. M. Albers, Ch E. Düllmann, J. Khuyagbaatar, B. Kindler, B. Lommel, C. Mokry, E. Prasad, J. RunkeN. Schunck, C. Sengupta, J. F. Smith, P. Thörle-Pospiech, N. Trautmann, K. Vo-Phuoc, J. Walshe, A. Yakushev

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Measurements of mass and angular distributions have been made for fission-like outcomes in reactions forming isotopes of flerovium (Z=114), using ⁴⁸Ca, ⁵⁰Ti, and ⁵⁴Cr projectiles. The dominant fast quasifission process, which masks the presence of fusion-fission, has minimum yield at the most backward angles, where the sensitivity to fusion-fission is thus highest. In fitting the backward angle mass spectra, only weak evidence for a component of super-asymmetric fission was found, but a near-symmetric fission component was consistently required for the ⁴⁸Ca + ²⁴⁴Pu reaction, giving upper limit to the fusion probabilities P_CN of ∼10⁻², ∼5 times lower than previous results. P_CN for the ⁵⁰Ti reaction was lower than ⁴⁸Ca, whilst no evidence of fusion-fission was found for the ⁵⁴Cr reaction.

Original language	English
Article number	136601
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	820
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136601
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2021

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Banerjee, K., Hinde, D. J., Dasgupta, M., Sadhukhan, J., Simpson, E. C., Jeung, D. Y., Simenel, C., Swinton-Bland, B. M. A., Williams, E., Bezzina, L. T., Carter, I. P., Cook, K. J., Albers, H. M., Düllmann, C. E., Khuyagbaatar, J., Kindler, B., Lommel, B., Mokry, C., Prasad, E., ... Yakushev, A. (2021). Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114). Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 820, Article 136601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136601

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Sensitive search for near-symmetric and super-asymmetric fusion-fission of the superheavy element Flerovium (Z=114)

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