Manifestation of shell effects in the collective properties of atomic nuclei

The rigidities of collective nuclear oscillations were calculated for 44 even-even atomic nuclei and compared to the charge radii. Correlations between the rigidity maxima and the minimal values of the r ₀ parameter were revealed. These correlations were attributed to the high surface tension in nuclei with filled neutron shells and the associated increase in pressure on nuclear matter.     

Description of quasifission reactions in the dinuclear system model

The formation and evolution of dinuclear systems in quasifission reactions are investigated. The process of formation of reaction products is analyzed based on the concept of a dinuclear system. Isotopic trends of cross sections of production of superheavy nuclei in quasifission reactions are discussed. The yields of new neutron-rich isotopes of nuclei with Z = 64–80 in quasifission reactions are predicted. The mechanism of production of complex fragments in complete fusion and quasifission reactions is analyzed.     

Theoretical analysis of mass distribution of quasifission for 238U-induced reactions

Fragment mass distributions of quasifission induced by ²³⁸U on ¹⁶O, ²⁶Mg, ³²S, ³⁵Cl, ⁴⁰Ca and ⁶⁵Zn targets at several bombarding energies have been calculated with the two-step model. The experimental data are reproduced consistently, and the mechanism of the distribution shape is also analyzed by investigating the different incident channels.     

Competition of fusion and quasifission in reactions leading to production of superheavy elements

The mechanism of fusion hindrance, an effect observed in the reactions of cold, warm, and hot fusion leading to production of superheavy elements, is investigated. A systematics of transfermium production cross sections is used to determine fusion probabilities. The mechanism of fusion hindrance is described as a competition of fusion and quasifission. Available evaporation residue cross sections in the superheavy region are reproduced satisfactorily. Analysis of the measured capture cross sections is performed and a sudden disappearance of the capture cross sections is observed at low fusion probabilities. A dependence of the fusion hindrance on the asymmetry of the projectile-target system is investigated using the available data. The most promising pathways for further experiments are suggested.     

Comparison of the characteristics of the fusion-fission and quasifission products in reactions with heavy ions

Overlap of quasifission and fusion-fission product mass distributions measured for the ⁴⁸Ca + ¹⁵⁴Sm reaction at near-barrier energies is analyzed. As the incident ion energy increases, the angular distribution of quasifission fragments becomes narrower and they are concentrated near the forward and backward angles. The observed decrease in the yield of quasifission products with increasing collision energy is caused by noncoincidence of the product emission and detector position directions (the latter direction lags behind the beam direction by more than 15°) rather than by a decrease in the number of quasifission events. Our evaluations show that the excitation functions of evaporation residues in the ⁵⁴Cr + ²⁴⁸Cm reaction are several orders of magnitude larger than the excitation functions for the other reactions, ⁵⁸Fe + ²⁴⁴Pu and ⁶⁴Ni + ²³⁸U, used to synthesize a new superheavy element with Z = 120 (A = 302).     

Manifestation of the nuclear viscosity effects in induced fission reactions at excitation energies below 30 MeV

A large set of experimental observables for the ²³²Th(α, xnf)reaction was analyzed theoretically within the dynamic-statistical approach, making it possible to interconsistently consider the manifestation of nuclear viscosity, the double-humped structure of the fission barrier, and the phenomenon of shell effect damping with temperature. Analyses were performed for the energy dependence of the finite lifetime effect in the investigated reaction, obtained using the crystal blocking technique; the fission probability isotopes produced in this reaction during the development of a neutron emission cascade; and the anisotropy of angular distributions of fission fragments. It is shown that this analysis allows us to obtain information regarding nuclear viscosity and its energy dependence at relatively low excitation energies (<30 MeV).     

Manifestation of exchange effects in heavy-ion interactions

Three different approaches to taking into account exchange effects in heavy-ion collisions are studied. Within the first of them, the lowest eigenstates of the Hamiltonian are treated as forbidden states. In the second approach, the eigenstates of the normalization kernel of the resonating-group model that correspond to zero eigenvalues are treated as forbidden states. The third approach takes additionally into account semiforbidden states. The ¹⁶O + ¹⁶O system is considered. A hybrid approach that combines the methods of discrete and continuous mathematics is developed for calculating the widths of narrow resonance states. The resonance width calculated within the approach that takes into account semiforbidden states proves to be sharply different from the widths obtained within traditional approaches.     

Manifestation of polarization effects in dusty plasma

This paper is devoted to a detailed analysis of polarization effects in dusty plasma (DP). They are shown to lead to a nonmonotone decay of the self-consistent potential near the macroparticle, which may result in the formation of regular structures in the DP.     

Manifestation of many-electron correlations in photoionization of the K shell of N2

It is demonstrated theoretically in the random phase approximation (RPA) that due to the intershell many-electron correlations the sigma(*) shape resonance in the photoionization of K shells of the N2 molecule appears not only in the 1sigma(g)-->varepsilonsigma(u) channel as it was believed earlier on the basis of single particle calculations, but in both 1sigma(g)-->varepsilonsigma(u) and 1sigma(u)-->varepsilonsigma(g) channels. As a confirmation of this phenomenon we show that the experimental angular distributions of photoelectrons ejected from fixed-in-space N2 molecules can be reproduced theoretically only after taking into account many-electron correlations.     

Effect of shell structure in the fusion reactions

The fusion reactions are studied in the central collisions ⁸²Se+ + ¹³⁴Ba and ⁸²Se+ + ¹³⁸Ba by the improved isospin-dependent quantum molecular-dynamics model, where the nucleus ¹³⁸Ba has a closed neutron shell N = 82 . Comparing the shell correction energies and fusion probabilities of these two reactions with the ones of other asymmetric or more symmetric reaction systems that form the same compound nuclei, we find the dependence of the fusion reaction on the nuclear shell structure of the colliding nuclei. The experimental data of the fusion probabilities are described well by the present model. The result suggests that the neutron shell closure N = 82 promotes fusion.     

Manifestation of the dynamic properties of the solvent in electron transfer reactions

The ability of the multichannel stochastic model to adequately describe the basic features of the kinetics of thermal electron transfer is demonstrated. It is shown that the solution-controlled regime can be realized in the normal Marcus region, whereas it is almost completely suppressed in the inverted region by the reorganization of high-frequency vibrational modes. The continuous transition between the two regions in the neighborhood of the activationless is quantitatively described. It is found that the dynamic properties of the solvent manifest themselves not only in the dependence of the electron transfer rate on the medium relaxation time τ _L , but also in the free energy gap law, shifting the position of the maximum effective rate constant to higher reaction exergonicities. This shift depends on the longitudinal relaxation time of the medium. In slow solvents, the maximum rate constant of electron transfer can exceed 1/τ _L by several orders of magnitude.     

Manifestation of intermediate meson loop effects in charmonium decays

We report the progress on understanding some of those existing puzzles in charmonium decays.We show that the intermediate meson loops （IML） as a long-distance transition mechanism will provide novel insights into these issues.In particular,we show that the IML mechanism would be essentially important for understanding the ψ（3770） non-DD decays.We also comment that such a mechanism is correlated with the Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka （OZI） rule evasions in charmonium hadronic decays.     

Manifestation of intermediate meson loop effects in charmonium decays

We report the progress on understanding some of those existing puzzles in charmonium decays.We show that the intermediate meson loops (IML) as a long-distance transition mechanism will provide novel insights into these issues.In particular,we show that the IML mechanism would be essentially important for understanding the ψ(3770) non-DD decays.We also comment that such a mechanism is correlated with the Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka (OZI) rule evasions in charmonium hadronic decays.     

Light particle accompanied quasifission in superheavy composite systems

The dynamics of the excited superheavy system with Z = 118 in the reaction ⁸⁶Kr + ²⁰⁸Pb at E _Kr = 460, 500, and 600 MeV has been investigated. The mass and kinetic energy of binary fragments were measured by the time-of-flight method. Double-differential distributions of protons and α particles were measured in coincidence with fragments. The proton spectra can be described considering only evaporation from fragments. Evidence of the neck fragmentation was obtained from analysis of double-differential α spectra. Properties of the α-particle neck fragmentation component are close to those known from the ternary fission of actinide nuclei, but the multiplicity is much larger than can be expected from extrapolation of the ternary fission data. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Finite size effects in shell nanoparticles

The finite size effects on magnetic properties of shell particles in the shape of truncated octahedron are studied using classical O(3) Heisenberg model. Both considered cases with nearest neighbor ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange interactions show the existence of the well-defined ground state. The FM particles show FM order, while AFM particles show freezing in the non-collinear structure with very low magnetization due to the presence of frustrated triangular facets. The variation of magnetization, susceptibility and specific heat as a function of size shows considerable differences from that in the three-dimensional (3D) particles. We also observe effects of shell geometry, i.e. the fraction of sites in facets, edges and vertexes, which affects the apparent ordering temperature.     

Disappearance of shell effects and persistence of an even-odd staggering in the fragment production in nuclear reactions at relativistic energies

The isotopic distributions of fragments produced in the spallation of uranium are strongly influenced by the fission of the excited prefragments, highly fissile nuclei. The competition between fission and evaporation around the doubly-magic nucleus Pb is discussed. The light fragments from Fe beam are produced with a strong enhancement of even-even nuclei compared to the odd-odd in the region of nuclei with equal number of neutrons and protons, N ～ Z. This staggering in the production of light fragments is not observed in the production of heavy fragments, and is in contradiction with the basis of the statistical model of deexcitation of a hot nucleus. Pairing interaction as a function of the excitation energy and as a function of the isospin of the nucleus are questioned.     

Manifestation of new interference effects in a superconductor-ferromagnet spin valve

Superconductor-ferromagnet (S/F) spin valve effect theories based on the S/F proximity phenomenon assume that the superconducting transition temperature Tc of F1/F2/S or F1/S/F2 trilayers for parallel magnetizations of the F1 and F2 layers (T(c)(P)) are smaller than for the antiparallel orientations (T(c)(AP)). Here, we report for CoOx/Fe1/Cu/Fe2/In multilayers with varying Fe2-layer thickness the sign-changing oscillating behavior of the spin valve effect ΔT(c) = T(c)(AP) - T(c)(P). We observe the full direct effect with T(c)(AP) > T(c)(P) for Fe2-layer thickness d(Fe2) < 1 nm and the full inverse (T(c)(AP) < T(c((P)) effect for d(Fe2) ≥ 1 nm. Interference of Cooper pair wave functions reflected from both surfaces of the Fe2 layer appear as the most probable reason for the observed behavior of ΔT(c).     

Possible nuclear structure effects seen in (6Li,d) f-p shell reactions

A finite range DWBA analysis has been made of ground state angular distributions from (⁶Li, d) experiments on twelve fp shell nuclei at 28 or 32 MeV. Good fits were obtained. A systematic variation in bound-state radius was required. The interpretation of this effect using microscopic wavefunctions suggests that four-nucleon structure information may be obtained from the shapes of the angular distributions.