• Heavy ion fusion with lead and bismuth targets

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/096/0146

• # Keywords

Superheavy; evaporation cross-section; survival probability; compound nucleus.

• # Abstract

The cold fusion reactions with lead and bismuth as targets were used in the synthesis of superheavy elements (SHE) with mass number up to 113. Researchers ignored the cold fusion reactions in the synthesis of SHE>113. This may be due to the improper choice of projectiles. The present study focusses on cold fusion reactions leading to the formation of SHE from Z = 112 to 126. Suitable projectiles for the fusion reaction using $^{208}$Pb and $^{209}$Bi targets were identified. The fusion and evaporation residue cross-sections are evaluated usingadvance statistical model. The produced cross-sections were compared with the available experiments. Suitable projectiles for synthesising the superheavy elementswith Z = 104–126 using lead and bismuth targets are predicted.The predicted production cross-sections vary from nanobarn (nb) to picobarn (pb). The use of spherical–spherical projectile and target yields larger cross-sections than spherical–deformed or deformed–spherical projectile andtarget combination.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Department of Physics, Government College for Women, Kolar 563 101, India
2. Department of Physics, Rajah Serfoji Government College (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu), Thanjavur 613 005, India

• # Pramana – Journal of Physics

Volume 96, 2022
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• # Editorial Note on Continuous Article Publication

Posted on July 25, 2019