Inverse Quasifission in <Superscript>156,160</Superscript>Gd + <Superscript>186</Superscript>W Reactions

To investigate the impact shell effects have in the formation of neutron-rich fragments in multinucleon transfer reactions, a series of experiments to explore the binary channel in ^156,160Gd + ¹⁸⁶W reactions at energies near and above the Coulomb barrier is performed at the Flerov Laboratory’s U-400 accelerator using the CORSET setup. These experiments are aimed mainly at obtaining the production cross sections of leadlike fragments in the process of inverse quasifission. The mass, energy, and angular distributions of the binary reaction products are measured at energies of 860 and 935 MeV of ¹⁶⁰Gd ions and 878MeV in the case of ¹⁵⁶Gd ions. The excitation energies of primary fragments are estimated using their measured mass–energy distributions. Enhanced yields of products with masses of 200–215 amu are observed for both reactions. At energies above the barrier for side-to-side collisions (935 MeV), the yield of lead-like fragments is an order of magnitude larger than at energies near the Coulomb barrier, due possibly to the influence of orientation effects. The enhancement observed in the yield of reaction products with masses heavier than the target mass confirms that multinucleon transfer reactions can be used to obtain new neutron-rich isotopes, and to synthesize new superheavy elements.     

Fusion and transfer reactions in beams of light loosely bound nuclei at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier

Experiments devoted to studying cross sections for fusion and transfer reactions induced by the interaction of beams of halo-like (⁶He), cluster (⁶Li and ⁷Li), and loosely bound (³He) nuclei with nuclei of light and heavy elements are described. The cross sections obtained experimentally for such reactions are analyzed. Special features in the behavior of the cross sections for the formation of evaporation residues and products of transfer reactions at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier are revealed. In particular, an increase in the cross sections for fusion and transfer reactions involving halo-like nuclei and proceeding at energies in the subbarrier region is observed. The cross sections for neutron-transfer and light-cluster-transfer reactions reachmaximum values at an energy in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier for the reaction being considered.     

A scaling phenomenon for the cross section of fragment produced in projectile fragmentation reactions

A scaling phenomenon has been found for the cross section of a fragment, which is defined as a "square" cross section(SCS).This phenomenon can unify the cross sections of fragments in projectile fragmentation(PF) reactions. An empirical formula is proposed to calculate SCSfor a fragment with parameters determined by an extensive investigation of measured reactions ranging from Fermi energies to relativistic energies. The scaling phenomenon of SCShas been verified using different techniques,showing that the scaling of SCSgenerally exists in PF reactions. The concept of SCS, which can be assumed as a standard value for a fragment, is shown to accurately predict the cross sections of isotopes in PF reactions with incident energies ranging from tens of A MeV to approximately 1000 A MeV.     

Effects of electron screening on low-energy fusion cross sections

The effects of electron screening on the low-energy cross sections of nuclear fusion reactions of astrophysical interest have been studied within the Born-Oppenheimer approximation using a simplified model. These studies indicate that a significant enhancement of the cross sections can occur already at beam energies, which are about a factor 100 higher than the electron binding energies. Cross sections near such energies can now be measured, in some cases, and several examples are discussed. For an understanding of the low-energy data as well as for a reliable extrapolation of the cross sections (for bare nuclei) to lower energies, the effects of electron screening must be well understood.     

Modified Woods-Saxon Potential for Heavy-Ion Fusion Reaction

A modified Woods-Saxon （MWS） potential is proposed for describing nucleus-nucleus interaction based on the Skyrme energy-density functional approach. Fusion barriers for a large number of fusion reactions from light to heavy systems can be described well with this potential. The suitable incident energies for fusion reactions leading to superheavy nuclei are also explored. It seems to us that the MWS potential is useful for selecting the suitable incident energies for fusion reactions for producing super-heavy nuclei.     

Alpha-cluster break-up and reaction mechanism in (p, α) reactions on light nuclei

The differential cross sections for the ¹¹B(p, α)⁸Be and ²³Na(p, α)²⁰Ne reactions were measured at bombarding energies between 6 and 24 MeV. The observed angular distributions can be divided into two domains: at low energies the shapes vary rapidly with incident energy indicating a compound nucleus reaction ; at higher energies rather stable diffraction patterns are seen exhibiting a direct reaction mechanism and DWBA calculations are able to describe the shapes. The change from one region to the other is rather abrupt and this behaviour seems typical for reactions having an α-like compound nucleus. The energy at which this change occurs corresponds to an excitation energy in the compound nucleus of about 20 MeV above the α-threshold.     

Production of exotic nuclei in peripheral nucleus-nucleus collisions below 10 A MeV

Experimental data from the literature concerning nucleus-nucleus collisions at beam energies of few A MeV above the Coulomb barrier are investigated in this work with emphasis on projectile-like fragment distributions. In peripheral collisions at beam energies below 10 A MeV, deep-inelastic transfer is shown to be the dominant reaction mechanism. In addition, the mechanism may involve an extension of the nuclear profile in the window (neck) region, observed primarily in reactions with very heavy target nuclei. Isoscaling observed at these energies can be used as a tool to predict the production rates of exotic nuclei in reactions induced by exotic secondary beams.     

Directional distribution of high-energy gamma rays from hot 125, 127Cs and 171Lu compound nuclei

Gamma-gamma directional correlations have been measured following ¹²C + ^113,115In and ¹⁵⁹Tb reactions at 100 MeV. Directional distribution coefficients have been determined for the gamma-ray spectrum between 2 and 16 MeV. For energies above 10 MeV the results for both reactions are in disagreement with interpretations in terms of the decay of the giant dipole resonance statistically excited either in a permanently deformed prolate compound nucleus undergoing collective rotation or an oblate nucleus with the angular momentum along the axis of symmetry. For the reaction on Tb indications of a quadrupole component at energies around 10 MeV are presented.     

A survey of pion charge-exchange reactions with nuclei

A survey study of the elastic charge-exchange reactions is presented. The charge-exchange cross sections are evaluated in a coupled-channel framework with optical potentials obtained from the Kisslinger and Laplacian models for the pi-nucleon off-shell scattering amplitude. Considerable differences between these two modles are obtained for pion kinetic energies below the pi-nucleon (3, 3) resonance. The effect of two-nucleon correlations is included by calculating the second-order pi-nucleus optical potential. We find that this effect dominates the charge-exchange reactions at energies of about 100 MeV.     

Lattice energy calculation for quantitatively-modeled Perovskite distortion

In case of reactions, it is a necessary condition that the free energy of formation, Δ_fG, of the product is lower than the total free energies of formation of the reactants. The free energy of all reactions and/or all compounds have not been determined in the literature. In this paper, we report the formation, stability, and reactions for all compounds based on their free energies. However, it also seems possible to discuss them based on their lattice energies, because it can be calculated for many compounds if their composition, structure and their lattice parameters are known. Also, we can discuss the formation, stability, etc., for compounds excluding small effects due to temperature and entropy. As a result of the calculations, the lattice energy correlates with the perovskite distortion.     

Sub-barrier capture with quantum diffusion approach: Actinide-based reactions

With the quantum diffusion approach the behavior of capture cross-sections and mean-square angular momenta of captured systems are revealed in the reactions with deformed nuclei at sub-barrier energies. The calculated results are in a good agreement with existing experimental data. With decreasing bombarding energy under the barrier the external turning point of the nucleus-nucleus potential leaves the region of short-range nuclear interaction and action of friction. Because of this change of the regime of interaction, an unexpected enhancement of the capture cross-section occurs at bombarding energies far below the Coulomb barrier. There is also an effect on the dependence of the mean-square angular momentum of the captured system on the bombarding energy. From the comparison of calculated and experimental capture cross-sections, the importance of quasifission near the entrance channel is shown for the actinide-based reactions leading to superheavy nuclei.     

Some aspects of heavy ion fusion-fission dynamics

Study of heavy ion induced fusion-fission reactions at near and below barrier energies has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, due to the observations of anomalous features in the fragment angular distributions for many target-projectile systems. Additionally there are also measurements of the fragment spin distributions and time-scales of the fusion-fission reactions, which have provided important information on the dynamics of these processes. In the present paper, the emphasis would be to highlight some of the recent experimental findings and their implications on the dynamics of the fusion-fission reactions in heavy ion collisions at near and above barrier energies.     

Observation of different azimuthal emission patterns of K+ and of K- mesons in heavy-ion collisions at 1-2 A GeV

Azimuthal distributions of pi+, K+, and K- mesons have been measured in Au+Au reactions at 1.5A GeV and Ni+Ni reactions at 1.93 A GeV. In semicentral collisions at midrapidity, pi+ and K+ mesons are emitted preferentially perpendicular to the reaction plane in both collision systems. In contrast for K- mesons in Ni+Ni reactions, an in-plane elliptic flow was observed for the first time at these incident energies.     

Isospin effects of projectile fragmentation in a Boltzmann-Langevin approach

The iso spin effects of projectile fragmentation at intermediate energies are investigated using an iso spindependent Boltzmann-Langevin model.The collisions of mass-symmetric reactions including ~(58)Fe,~(58)Ni+~(58)Fe,and~(58)Ni at intermediate energies,in the 30 to 100 MeV/A range,are studied for different symmetry energies.Yield ratios of the isotopic,isobaric,and isotonic pairs of fragments from the intermediate-mass region using three symmetry energies are extracted as functions of the N/Z ratio of the composite systems in the entrance channel and the incident energies.It is found that the yield ratios are sensitive to symmetry energies,especially for neutron-rich systems,and the calculations using soft symmetry energy are closer to the experimental data.The iso spin effect is stronger for the soft symmetry energy,owing to the competition of the repulsive Coulomb force and the symmetry energy attractive force on the proton.For the first time,the splits are presented,revealing a transition from the iso spin equilibrium at lower energies to translucency at intermediate energies.The results show a degree of transparency in that intermediate mass fragments undergo a transition from dependence on the composite systems in the entrance channel to reliance on the projectile and target nuclei.     

Dissipative processes in peripheral heavy ion collisions at Fermi energies

Peripheral heavy ion reactions are of interest for the production of new isotopes. In this contribution we present an investigation of reactions of light projectiles O and Ne on Be and Ta targets at Fermi energies in the framework of transport theory. Transport theory describes dissipative (deep-inelastic) processes, where considerable amounts of mass and energy are exchanged. The data, on the other hand, also seem to include a more direct component with small energy loss. We separate the two components on the basis of the velocity distribution and compare the dissipative component to the transport calculations. The primary fragments of the transport calculation still have considerable excitation energies. For the comparison with experiment we take into account the secondary evaporation in a statistical model. This improves the qualitative agreement with the data.     

Reactions on 209Bi induced by intermediate energy protons and the effect of direct reactions

Excitation functions and ranges of recoil nuclei in the ²⁰⁹Bi(p, 3n)²⁰⁷Po, ²⁰⁹Bi(p, 4n) ²⁰⁶Po and ²⁰⁹Bi(p, p3n)²⁰⁶Bi reactions have been measured for incident energies from 18 MeV up to 52 MeV. It has been found that the recoil ranges in (p, p3n) reactions are rather shorter than those in (p, 4n), and that beyond E_p = 40 MeV the high energy tail of the excitation function for (p, p3n) is roughly flat, in contrast to the decreasing tail for (p, 4n). A theoretical analysis of the excitation functions and of the nuclear recoil ranges has been made. It has been found that in (p, p3n) reactions the direct process plays a very important part in the reaction mechanism. It is also found that the reaction mechanisms of (p, 3n) and (p, 4n) reactions should be interpreted by means of an admixture of the equilibrium compound process and the pre-equilibrium decay process at bombarding energies up to 40 MeV and 50 MeV, respectively, and that the direct process seems to appear at bombarding energies higher than these respective energies.     

Magnetically insulated linac driven by a multistage Marx generator

It is shown that a magnetically insulated linear accelerator driven by a multistage Marx generator can accelerate over short distances intense beams of heavy ions to multi-GeV energies. The attainable beam energies are sufficient for the ignition of thermonuclear microexplosions. The proposed accelerator could also ideally serve as a research tool for heavy ion induced nuclear reactions.     

利用QMD分析中高能质子入射208Pb的(p,xn)反应双微分截面

中高能质子入射重金属靶产生散裂中子是加速器驱动洁净核能系统的一个关键部分.利用量子分子动力学(QMD)模型研究入射质子能量在300MeV—1.5GeV,散裂靶为²⁰⁸Pb的(p,xn)核反应的双微分截面,QMD计算结果很好再现了实验数据,且QMD的计算结果明显优于HETC和LAHET.QMD在较宽的能区和核区满足加速器驱动洁净核能系统散裂靶物理计算的要求.     

Yields and recoil properties of products from the reaction between natural copper and 86 MeV/A12C ions

Absolute cross sections and thick target/thick catcher recoil properties have been determined for radionuclides produced in the reaction between copper and 86 MeV/A¹²C ions. Integration of the obtained mass yield curve gives a cross section of reactions leading to spallation products of 1,440 mb. TheF/B-ratios are found to increase with decreasing product mass, reaching a maximum of ～100 for products with masses 20–25 mass units lower than the target mass, followed by a decrease. The recoil data have been analyzed with the two-step vector model to deduce momentum transfer and product kinetic energies. The momentum transferred to an intermediate system is found to increase for reactions leading to decreasing product masses, reaching values of 1/3 of full momentum transfer. The derived mean kinetic energies are found to be higher than found in comparable proton induced reactions. Some possible explanations for this phenomenon have been discussed. The results have been compared with Monte Carlo cascade-evaporation calculations, and the agreement between the predictions and experiment is in general found to be good.