The influence of the entrance channel on the formation and decay of the compound nucleus <Superscript>250</Superscript>No

The mass-energy and angular distributions of binary fissionlike fragments produced in the reactions ⁴⁴Ca + ²⁰⁶Pb and ⁶⁴Ni + ¹⁸⁶W, leading to the same compound nucleus ²⁵⁰No, have been measured at excitation energies of 30 and 40 MeV. The presence of the quasifission component was observed for both systems. But in the case of the ⁶⁴Ni ion, the quasifission process dominates, while in the case of the ⁴⁴Ca ion, the main process is the fusion-fission of compound nucleus ²⁵⁰No. From the angular distributions of reaction fragments, the time scales were found for quasifission and fusion-fission for both reactions.     

Spontaneous ternary fission of 252Cf: New experiment with GSI super clover detectors

A new multiparameter experiment on ternary fission of ²⁵²Cf has recently been successfully performed by using the CODIS2 detector system and two GSI segmented Super Clover Ge γ-ray detectors. The experimental setup and the main subjects of interest are briefly described.     

Angular correlations in ternary fission induced by polarized neutrons

Ternary fission induced by cold polarized neutrons was studied for the two isotopes ²³³U and ²³⁵U at the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. In particular two types of angular correlations between the spin of the incoming neutrons and the emission directions of both, the fission fragments (FF) and the ternary particles (TP), were investigated. For FF and TP detectors facing the target at right angles to the neutron beam, first, for longitudinally polarized neutrons a triple correlation between spin and the emission of outgoing particles was explored and, second, for transversally polarized neutrons parity violating asymmetries in the emission of FFs and TPs were analyzed. Nonzero expectation values for the triple correlation were oberserved in the present experiments for the first time.     

Electromagnetic decay of excited 0+ states in 64, 66, 68Zn

The E0 and E2 transitions depopulating the excited 0⁺ states in ^64,66,68Zn are investigated. Several methods of γ-ray, conversion-electron and internal-pair spectrometry are employed, including a new time measurement technique. A total of 5 E0 transitions are observed and the monopole strengths ρ²(0_i⁺ → 0_i⁺) for most of them are extracted. The results and the nature of the excited 0⁺ states are discussed in terms of several nuclear models.     

Measurements of nuclide yields in neutron-induced fission of natural uranium for SPIRAL2

Cross-sections for nuclide production in fast-neutron induced fission of natural uranium are part of the input for predictions of yields of neutron-rich nuclides obtainable at Radioactive Ion Beam facilities. We first describe the neutron spectra produced according to the scheme once envisaged for SPES (protons on an enriched ¹³C target) and the one adopted for SPIRAL2 (deuterons on natural carbon), which both have been measured at JYFL. We then present the measurements of Z-splits in isobaric chains performed at IGISOL. When coupled with the fission cross-section and A-splits for the relevant neutron spectrum, they allow estimates of nuclide cross-sections. It looks that calculations, even those based on modern libraries, are too optimistic by about a factor of two.     

Observation of an α-cluster structure in 36Ar

Excitation functions for ³²S+α elastic scattering are measured by a new method based on inverse kinematics and a thick gas target. Data corresponding to the ³⁶Ar excitation range 12–16 MeV are treated within the R-matrix approach. Spin-parity assignments are given for over 40 new levels.