Search for elements 119 and 120

J Khuyagbaatar, A Yakushev, CE Düllmann… - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
A search for production of the superheavy elements with atomic numbers 119 and 120 was
performed in the Ti 50+ Bk 249 and Ti 50+ Cf 249 fusion-evaporation reactions, respectively …

Time-dependent Hartree-Fock plus Langevin approach for hot fusion reactions to synthesize the superheavy element

K Sekizawa, K Hagino - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
We develop a novel approach to fusion reactions for synthesis of superheavy elements,
which combines the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) method with a dynamical …

[HTML][HTML] Projectile target combination to synthesis superheavy nuclei Z= 126

HC Manjunatha, KN Sridhar - Nuclear Physics A, 2017 - Elsevier
We have studied the fusion cross section, survival cross section, fission cross section,
compound nucleus formation probability (P CN) and survival probability (P Surv) of …

Energy and pairing dependence of dissipation in real-time fission dynamics

Y Qiang, JC Pei - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
This work presents a microscopic study of dissipation in fission dynamical evolutions with
the time-dependent Hartree-Fock+ BCS method in terms of energy dependence and pairing …

Experimental study of the quasifission, fusion-fission, and de-excitation of Cf compound nuclei

J Khuyagbaatar, DJ Hinde, IP Carter, M Dasgupta… - Physical Review C, 2015 - APS
Background: The fusion-evaporation reaction at energies around the Coulomb barrier is
presently the only way to produce the heaviest elements. However, formation of evaporation …

An experimentalist's view of the uncertainties in understanding heavy element synthesis

W Loveland - The European Physical Journal A, 2015 - Springer
The overall uncertainties in predicting heavy element synthesis cross sections are examined
in terms of the uncertainties associated with the calculations of capture cross sections, fusion …

Accurate estimation of the neutron and fission decay widths for hot fusion reactions

N Sowmya, PS Damodara Gupta, HC Manjunatha… - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Yanez [Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 152702 (2014) 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett. 112.152702]
measured unusually high neutron decay width for the hot fusion reaction Mg 25, 26+ Cm …

Fission Barrier of Superheavy Nuclei and Persistence of Shell Effects at High Spin: Cases of and

G Henning, TL Khoo, A Lopez-Martens, D Seweryniak… - Physical review …, 2014 - APS
We report on the first measurement of the fission barrier height in a heavy shell-stabilized
nucleus. The fission barrier height of No 254 is measured to be B f= 6.0±0.5 MeV at spin 15 …

[HTML][HTML] Stringent constraints on nuclear dissipation by second-chance survival probability

N Wang, W Ye - Physics Letters B, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose second-chance survival probability (P sur2) as a new observable to constrain
the nuclear dissipation strength (β). Using the Langevin model, we calculate P sur2 as a …

Sub-barrier enhancement of fusion as compared to a microscopic method in

TK Steinbach, J Vadas, J Schmidt, C Haycraft, S Hudan… - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
Background: Measurement of the energy dependence of the fusion cross section at sub-
barrier energies provides an important test for theoretical models of fusion. Purpose: The …