Temperatures and Excitation Energies of Hot Nuclei in Reactions of 40Ar+natAg,209Bi at MeV/u

Coincidence measurements of fission fragment and light charged particle have been perfotrmed for the reactions of ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg,²⁰⁹Bi at E/A=25MeV using 4 PPAC and 11 sets of ΔE-E telescopes.Angular correlations of fission fragment were ploted as a function of the folding angle between the two detected fission fragments.The linear momentum transfer distributions were derived by measuring angular correlations.The backward spectra of light particles detected in coincidence with fission fragments having different average〈LMT〉are analyzed with Maxwell distribution.After some corrections the initial temperatures of the hot nuclei are determined from the energy spectra.The excitation energies corresponding to the different average〈LMT〉are obtained considering the reaction Q values and pre-equilibrum emission.In the central collision of the ⁴⁰Ar+^natAg,²⁰⁹Bi reactions,excitation energies are measured to be about 4.2MeV/u,2.4MeV/u and temperatures about 6.1MeV,5.5MeV,respecdvely.In semi-central collision,excitaionen energies are measured to be about 3.5MeV/u,1.9MeV/u and temperatures about 5.8MeV,4.8MeV respectively.     

Linear Momentum Transfer in the Reactions Induced by 50MeV/A12C Bombarding 209Bi and 197Au

The Distributions of the linear momentum transfer (LMT) in the reactions induced by 50MeV/u ¹²C with ²⁰⁹Bi and ¹⁹⁷Au were measured using fission fragment angular correlation technique.The most probable value of the linear momentum transfer per projectile,p^mp is dependent on the target.173MeV/c and 184MeV/c for ²⁰⁹Bi and ¹⁹⁷Au were obtained.In these distributions,there exists a small hump around 0.3 of LMT,which can probably be attributed to the alpha cluster transfer.     

Behaviour of Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission in ColdFission of 252Cf

The behaviour of prompt γ-ray emission in the cold fission of ²⁵²Cf was investigated experimentally using a four-parameter correlation technique. A twin gridded ionization chamber was employed to detect the fission signals and to determine the fragment emission angles, and a φ10cm×10cm NaI(T1) detector was used to record the γ-ray energies. The result shows that the angular distribution coefficient of γ-rays emitted in cold fission is twice as large as that in the normal fission.The fact that in the cold fission the number of γ-rays emitted from the light fragments is approximately three times as large as that from the heavy ones can not be explained satisfactorily so far.     

Subbarrier Complete Fusion-Fission Reactions of 16)O+232Th

We have succeeded in isolating the complete arising from complete fusion-fission in terms of the fragment folding angle technique,and measured complete fusion-fission cross sections and fragment angular distributions for the ¹⁶O+²³²Th system in the center-of-mass energies between 72.61 and 80.11 MeV.The observed fission excitation function is in quite good agreement with the expectation of the coupled-channels theory.However,the measured fragment angular distributions are more anisotropic than the predictions of both the saddle-point transition-state model and scission model.     

SINGLE PROTON TRANSFER REACTION INDUCED BY HEAVY ION 40Ar(11B, 10Be)41K

The angular distribution has been measured for elastic scattering on ⁴⁰Ar with ¹¹B and for the single proton transfer reaction ⁴⁰Ar(¹¹B, ¹⁰Be)⁴¹K at the incident beam energy of 50 MeV. The elastic scattering cross section has been fitted in terms of the optical model. The EFR-DWBA aproach with recoil effect has been used to analyze the differential cross section. The spectroscopic factor was extracted.     

Angular Distribution of the 12C(6He, 7Li)11B Reaction

Angular distribution of the ¹²C(⁶He,⁷Li)¹¹B transfer reaction is measured with a secondary ⁶He beam of 36.4MeV for the first time. The experimental angular distribution is well reproduced by the distorted-wave Born approximation (DWBA) calculation. The success of the present experiment shows that it is feasible to measure one-nucleon transfer reaction on a light nucleus target with the secondary beam facility of the HI-13 tandem accelerator at China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), Beijing.     

THE MEASUREMENT OF COMPLETE FUSION CROSS-SECTIONS FOR THE REACTIONS 12C+27Al, 12C+209Bi AND 14N+Pb

Mica track detectors were used for the measurement of evaporation residues and fission fragments of compound nuclei formed in ¹²C+²⁷Al, ¹²C+²⁰⁹Bi and ¹⁴N+Pb reactions. The complete fusion cross-sections and excitation functions were then obtained. By using the sharp cut-off model approximation, the values of the critical angular momenta were extracted from the complete fusion cross-sections. The results obtained were compared with the calculations based on current theories for critical angular momentum; they were found to agree within experimental uncertainties.     

Measurement of 248Cm/252Cf Cf Spontaneous Prompt Fission Neutron Spectrum

In order to treat the waste material of nuclear power and develop new type of clean nuclear power,it is necessary to measure the neutron adta of long half life nuclei existed in the waste material.The prompt spontaneous neutron spectrum is one of the most important unclear data for new type nuclear power facilities as well as for understanding the mechanism of fission neutron emission.The measurements of ²⁴⁸Cm/²⁵²Cf spontaneous prompt fission neutron spectrum in the neutron energy range form 200keV to 12MeV wer performed by using TOF method.A micro-ionization chamber aws used as fission fragment detector and stibene crystal as neutron detector.The flying paths of neutrons for the measurements were 30cm,50cm and 100cm respectively.The spontaneous prompt fission neutron spectrum of ²⁴⁸Cm was fitted by the Maxwellian distribution and the temperature was determined as (1.401±0.006)MeV in the corresponding neutron energy range.     

RADIOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF MASS DISTRIBUTIONS IN 12C-INDUCED FISSION OF 209Bi AND 238U

The yields of 15 and 17 fission, products have been obtained by radiochemical determinations in ¹²C-induced fission of ²⁰⁹Bi and ²³⁸U respectively. From these data, the mass distributions of fission fragments are calculated based on three different hypotheses for the charge distribution. The results seem to indicate that the hypothesis of equal charge displacement gives the best fit to the Gaussian distribution for the masses of the fission fragments. By comparison with the mass distributions for ²⁰⁹Bi (¹²C, f), ²³⁸U(¹²C, f) and ¹⁹⁷Au(¹²C, f) in our early measurement, we find that for fission parameter Z²/A>37, the width of the mass distributions increases with Z²/A rapidly.     

Azimuthal Distribution and Azimuthal Correlation of the Particles in 10.6MeV/u 84Kr+27Al Collision

The light charged particle emission in coincidence with fragmemts in 10.6MeV/u ⁸⁴Kr+²⁷Al collision is studied.Emphasis is laid on the characters of two-order anisotropy coefficient of Fourier expansion up to two order from fitting particle azimuthal distribution and particle-particle azimuthal correlation.The derived results prove that particle emission is statistically independent with the same azimuthal distribution in each event.It is found that two-order anisotropic coefficient depends weakly on the fragment mass and increases with increasing emitted particle mass.     

Fragment Angular Distributions of the 600 MeV 40)Ar+197 Au Reaction

The angular distributions of the fragments in the range of 4π solid angle for the 600 MeV ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁹⁷Au reaction have been measured using the beam-off γ-ray spectroscopy technique. The features of the fragment angular distributions and the reaction mechanisms of the production of fragments have been discussed.     

Calculation of prompt fission neutron spectra for 235U(n,f)

The prompt fission neutron spectra for the neutron-induced fission of ²³⁵U at E_n < 5 MeV are calculated using nuclear evaporation theory with a semi-empirical model, in which the nonconstant and constant temperatures related to the Fermi gas model are taken into account. The calculated prompt fission neutron spectra reproduce the experimental data well. For the n(thermal)+²³⁵U reaction, the average nuclear temperature of the fission fragment, and the probability distribution of the nuclear temperature, are discussed and compared with the Los Alamos model. The energy carried away by γ rays emitted from each fragment is also obtained and the results are in good agreement with the existing experimental data.     

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION IN THE FISSION OF 232Th BY 14MeV NEUTRON

Independent yields of ⁸²Br, ⁹⁶Nb, ¹¹²Ag, ¹³⁰I,¹³²I, ¹³⁴I, ^134mCs, ^135mCs, ¹³⁶Cs and upper limitof independent yield for ¹⁴⁰La in the fission of ²³²Th induced by neutrons of 14 MeVwere determined with nuclear chemistry techniques. The correlation of the fractionalindependent yields in the high yield mass chains with a Gaussian curve of charge dis-tribution has been investigated using various mass formulae and charge distributionhypotheses. The results indicate that the hrpothesis of minimum potential energy witha shell-effected mass equation gives the best fit to the data. The width parameter Cof the charge distribution is found to be 0.80. The large deviations of ³²Br and ¹¹²Ag from the Gaussian curve seem to show that the low yield in very asymmetric fissioncan be attributed to a narrower width of charge distribution, whereas the high yield insymmetric fission may correlate with a wider width. The trends have been explainedqualitatively in terms of a liquid drop model. There is no evidence for 40-proton subshell effect on the fission yield.     

Optical Potential Parameters of Weakly Bound Nuclear System 17F+13C

Elastic scattering angular distributions of the 14^N＋16^O system and the angular distributions of transfer reaction 16^O（14^N,13^C）17^F at ELab=76.2 MeV and 57 MeV have been measured and calculated by means of the exact finiterange distorted-wave Born approximation with the PTOLEMY code. The optical potential parameters for the weakly bound nuclear system 17^F＋13^C have been deduced and applied to analyse the elastic scattering angular distributions of the similar systems 17^F＋12^C and 17^F＋14^N which are taken from literature. The result shows that the transfer reaction with stable projectile and target combination can be used as an alternative method to extract the optical potential parameters for the weakly bound nuclear system.     

Origins of the Forward Emission of Complex Fragments for 40Ar+159Tb Reaction at 30MeV/u

Light charged particles and complex fragments have been measured at forward angles in coincidence with two fission fragments for ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁵⁹Tb reaction at 25MeV/u. These three-body coincident events were sorted as a function of the impact parameter using linear momentum transfer and total transverse momenta methods. Equilibrium statistical emissions of complex fragments from quasi-target residues accompanied by non-equilibrium mid-rapidity components were found to dominate in central collisions, while projectile fragmentations were found to dominate in peripheral collision. Three components of complex-fragments from quasi-target, quasi-projectile and mid-rapidity soures were found in mid-central collision.     

A SEMI-CLASSICAL ANALYSIS ON THE REACTION 12C+209Bi AT BOMBARDING ENERGIES SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE COULOMB BARRIER

For reactions induced by light heavy ion such as ¹²C, at bombarding energy slightly above the coulomb barrier, using semi-classical theory, neglecting macroscopic frictional force, the reaction mechnisms are sorted by the orbital angular momentum of the entrance channel from the classical deflection functions fitting elastic scattering. Moreover, inserting a transfer probability factor representing the Q-Window effect into the semi-classical angular distribution formula of Kalinkin and Grabowski, we obtain a formula for the differential cross-section per unit energy interval. The calculated results, including the elastic scattering angular distributions, energy spectrum and angular distributions of emitted α-particles in quasi-elastic process, complete fusion cross-section, fusion-fission cross-sections and the exitation functions of evaporated neutron, agree with the experimental data on the reaction ¹²C+²⁰⁹Bi reported by our Institute.     

THE MASSIVE TRANSFER IN 12C+197Au REACTION

In this paper, we present energy spectra and angular distributions for the α-par-ticles emitted in the reaction of ¹²C+¹⁹⁷Au at 64 and 67 MeV and for α, Be and B emittedin the reaction at 71.5 MeV. The most-probable energles of the variousproducts emittedin this reaction decrease.with decreasing incident energy. The angular distributions peak near grazing angle.The peak position of the angular distributions shift from--80°to--120°while the projec-tile energy decreases from 71.5 MeV to 64 MeV. These all show the features of the transferreaction. The ⁶Li product also has been measured and the ⁸Be particle emitted from thisreaction was detected at 90°to the beam direction using α-α coincident technique at 71.5MeV. The coross section of the ³Be is only few percent at the same angle.     

THE MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT PARTICLE EMISSION FROM 12C+159Tb,Ag AND 89Y REACTIONS

The energy spectra and angular distributions of α-particle emitted from ¹²C-induced reactions with ¹⁵⁹Tb, Ag and ⁸⁹Y targets have been measured. Meanwhile the emitted deutron's angular distributions with ¹⁵⁹Tb and ⁸⁹Y targets and proton's with ⁸⁹Y target have been also obtained.
The α-energy spectra associated with mentioned reactions have bell-like shape with probable energy near coulomb barrier. However, the main characteristic of the α-angular distribution for ¹⁵⁹Tb and Ag targets is peaked at or near the grazing angles. For the case of ⁸⁹Y target, α-differential cross-sections monotonically decrease with angles beyond 40º. The angular distributions of potons and deutrons nearly decrease exponentially.
The measured α-angular distributions could be divided into two components, one coming from α-evaporation is isotropic, another is anisotropic. The anisotropic component may be explained incomplete-fusion process in which the cross-section can be reproduced by a "Sum-Rule Model" due to J.Wliczynski.
In order to explain the anisotropic component of emitted α-particle, we propose in complete fusion model with a strong-damped sticking rotation, in which the rotation angles and interaction time of the composite system are also estimated.     

Excitation Energy and Temperature of Compound Nuclei in the Reaction of 35MeV/u 40Ar+197Au

The fission fragments in the reaction of ⁴⁰Ar+¹⁹⁷Au have been measured coincidently with light charged particles at 35MeV/u by using large area position sensitive detectors and Si-detectors. The velocities of the fissioning compounds are deduced based on the fragments and the excitation energies of the compounds calculated with a hypothesis of massive transfer and taking into account the influence of pre-equilibrium emission of light particles. As the same time,the temperatures of the compounds are extracted by using the energy spectra of the backward light charged particles measured coincidently with fission fragments. The temperature-excitation energy curve does not present the behaviour predicted by the theories.     

Measurement of Angular Distribution for the ^8Li（p,d）^7Li Reaction

The ^8Li（p, d）^7 Li reaction plays an important role in the inhomogeneous Big Bang nucleosynthesis and in the seed-nuclide production phase for the r-process. For the first time, its angular distribution at backward angles was measured in inverse kinematics at Ec.m.=4.0 MeV by using an ^8Li secondary beam. The result of measurement includes the contributions of ^8Li（p, d0）^7Li and ^8Li（p, d1）^7Li^＊. The ^8Li（p, d0）^7Li component is estimated to be 40%-58% in the mixture angular distribution by analysing the measured result.