Induced fission studies of Z
82 nuclei at the JAEA Tandem Facility
Smallcombe, J.
; Nishio, Katsuhisa
; Hirose, Kentaro
; Nishinaka, Ichiro; Makii, Hiroyuki
; Orlandi, R.
; Tamura, Nobuyuki*; Goto, Shinichi*; Otsuki, Tsutomu*; Andreyev, A.*; Tsekhanovich, I.*
Recent
-delayed fission studies of proton rich
Hg showed the fission to be dominated by asymmetric fragment masses, in contrast to initial predictions. Models of the potential-energy surface for the path toward scission showed a lower fission barrier for an asymmetrically deformed
Hg volume. As a probe of this theoretical interpretation, fission of
Hg was induced through the symmetric reaction
Z
Z. Mass and energy distributions of fragments for a series of bombarding energies were recorded using 2 MWPCs. As a continuation of Z
fission studies, fission induced in the
Li
W reactions were measured. Near A
190 a new region of asymmetric fission is predicted to emerge as one moves towards neutron rich nuclei. In preliminary investigations mass asymmetry was observed in fragments of the
Li
W reaction. However, fragment kinematics were inconsistent with fission of
Ir formed by fusion. A follow up experiment was conducted in an attempt to confirm the first observation of fission induced by the
Li breakup-fusion reaction
W
Li,
He
Re. Experimental details and initial results will be presented.