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Exotic decay; cluster decay; cluster model; fission model

Exotic decay of some heavy nuclei with Z≥100 formed in heavy ion ‘cold fusion’ reaction were studied taking interacting barrier consisting of Coulomb and proximity potential. Calculated half-life time shows that some modes of decay are well within the present upper limit for measurements (T_1/2<10³⁰ s). Cluster formation probabilities are calculated for different clusters within fission model. It is found that transition from cluster mode to fission mode take place at mass of the cluster, A₂=20 in exotic decay which is comparable with the value A₂=16 of Shanmugam et al based on cubic plus Yukawa plus exponential model (CYEM).

K P Santhosh¹ Antony Joseph²

1. Department of Physics, Payyanur College, Payyanur - 670 327, India
2. Department of Physics, Calicut University, Calicut - 673 635, India

Published

October 2002

Manuscript received

12 September 2001

Manuscript revised

4 June 2002