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Determination of fusion barrier distributions from quasielastic scattering cross sections towards superheavy nuclei synthesis

Tanaka, Taiki*; Narikiyo, Yoshihiro*; Morita, Kosuke*; Fujita, Kunihiro*; Kaji, Daiya*; Morimoto, Koji*; Yamaki, Sayaka*; Wakabayashi, Yasuo*; Tanaka, Kengo*; Takeyama, Mirei*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(1), p.014201_1 - 014201_9, 2018/01

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.87.014201
 Times Cited Count：23 Percentile：75.18(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Excitation functions of quasielastic scattering cross sections for the $$^{48}$$Ca + $$^{208}$$Pb, $$^{50}$$Ti + $$^{208}$$Pb, and $$^{48}$$Ca + $$^{248}$$Cm reactions were successfully measured by using the gas-filled recoil-ion separator GARIS. Fusion barrier distributions were extracted from these data, and compared with the coupled-channels calculations. It was found that the peak energies of the barrier distributions for the $$^{48}$$Ca + $$^{208}$$Pb and $$^{50}$$Ti + $$^{208}$$Pb systems coincide with those of the 2n evaporation channel cross sections for the systems, while that of the $$^{48}$$Ca + $$^{248}$$Cm is located slightly below the 4n evaporation ones. This results provide us helpful information to predict the optimum beam energy to synthesize superheavy nuclei.

Journal Articles

Stability and synthesis of superheavy elements; Fighting the battle against fission - Example of $$^{254}$$No

Lopez-Martens, A.*; Henning, G.*; Khoo, T. L.*; Seweryniak, D.*; Alcorta, M.*; Asai, Masato; Back, B. B.*; Bertone, P. F.*; Boilley, D.*; Carpenter, M. P.*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 131, p.03001_1 - 03001_6, 2016/12

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201613103001
 Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：42.06(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)

Fission barrier height and its angular-momentum dependence have been measured for the first time in the nucleus with the atomic number greater than 100. The entry distribution method, which can determine the excitation energy at which fission starts to dominate the decay process, was applied to $$^{254}$$No. The fission barrier of $$^{254}$$No was found to be 6.6 MeV at zero spin, indicating that the $$^{254}$$No is strongly stabilized by the nuclear shell effects.

Journal Articles

Fission barrier of superheavy nuclei and persistence of shell effects at high spin; Cases of $$^{254}$$No and $$^{220}$$Th

Henning, G.*; Khoo, T. L.*; Lopez-Martens, A.*; Seweryniak, D.*; Alcorta, M.*; Asai, Masato; Back, B. B.*; Bertone, P. F.*; Boilley, D.*; Carpenter, M. P.*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 113(26), p.262505_1 - 262505_6, 2014/12

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.262505
 Times Cited Count：34 Percentile：81.81(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Fission barrier heights of a shell-stabilized superheavy nucleus $$^{254}$$No have been determined as a function of spin up to 19$$hbar$$ through the measured distribution of entry points of $$gamma$$ deexcitations in the excitation energy vs. spin plane. The fission barrier height of $$^{254}$$No was determined to be 6.0 MeV at spin 15$$hbar$$, and 6.6 MeV at spin 0$$hbar$$ by extrapolation. This demonstrates that the shell effect actually enlarges the fission barrier in such heavy nuclei and keeps the barrier high even at high spin.

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Exploring the stability of super heavy elements; First measurement of the fission barrier of $$^{254}$$No

Henning, G.*; Lopez-Martens, A.*; Khoo, T. L.*; Seweryniak, D.*; Alcorta, M.*; Asai, Masato; Back, B. B.*; Bertone, P. F.*; Boilley, D.*; Carpenter, M. P.*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 66, p.02046_1 - 02046_8, 2014/03

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146602046
 Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：68.16(Physics, Nuclear)

Fission barrier heights of $$^{254}$$No have been determined through the entry distribution method. The entry distribution is the initial distribution of excitation energy and spin from which the $$gamma$$ deexcitation starts in the fusion-evaporation reaction. The initial distribution is extracted from measured $$gamma$$-ray multiplicity and total $$gamma$$-ray energy. This paper describes the details of the entry distribution method, and reports the first determination of the fission barrier heights of $$^{254}$$No, which is the heaviest nucleus whose fission barrier has been measured.

Journal Articles

First prompt in-beam $$gamma$$-ray spectroscopy of a superheavy element; The $$^{256}$$Rf

Rubert, J.*; Dorvaux, O.*; Gall, B. J. P.*; Greenlees, P. T.*; Asfari, Z.*; Piot, J.*; Andersson, L. L.*; Asai, Masato; Cox, D. M.*; Dechery, F.*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 420, p.012010_1 - 012010_10, 2013/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/420/1/012010
 Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Physics, Nuclear)

The first prompt in-beam $$gamma$$-ray spectroscopy of a superheavy element, $$^{256}$$Rf, has been performed successfully. A development of an intense isotopically enriched $$^{50}$$Ti beam using the MIVOC method enabled us to perform this experiment. A rotational band up to a spin of 20 $$hbar$$ has been discovered in $$^{256}$$Rf, and its moment of inertia has been extracted. These data suggest that there is no evidence of a significant deformed shell gap at $$Z$$ = 104.

Journal Articles

Shell-structure and pairing interaction in superheavy nuclei; Rotational properties of the $$Z$$=104 nucleus $$^{256}$$Rf

Greenlees, P. T.*; Rubert, J.*; Piot, J.*; Gall, B. J. P.*; Andersson, L. L.*; Asai, Masato; Asfari, Z.*; Cox, D. M.*; Dechery, F.*; Dorvaux, O.*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 109(1), p.012501_1 - 012501_5, 2012/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.012501
 Times Cited Count：62 Percentile：88.45(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Rotational band structure of the $$Z$$=104 nucleus $$^{256}$$Rf has been observed for the first time using an in-beam $$gamma$$-ray spectroscopic technique. This nucleus is the heaviest among the nuclei whose rotational band structure has ever been observed. Thus, the present result provides valuable information on the single-particle shell structure and pairing interaction in the heaviest extreme of nuclei. The deduced moment of inertia indicates that there is no deformed shell gap at $$Z$$=104, which is predicted in a number of current self-consistent mean-field models.

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New insights of the Oklo natural fission reactors elucidated from isotopic studies using state-of-the-art analytical techniques

Hidaka, Hiroshi*; Kagami, Saya; Bentridi, S.*; Gall, B.*

no journal, , 

It is known that 16 parts (called as reactor zones, hereafter RZs) of the Oklo uranium deposit in the Republic of Gabon, central Africa, functioned as natural fission reactors around two billion years ago. Isotopic data sets of several elements, particularly rare earth elements (REEs) and noble gases, of the Oklo RZs materials, show the results caused by a combination of nuclear fission, neutron captures, and radioactive decays and provide useful information on the determination of nuclear parameters during the reactor criticality, construction of the model for the reactor criticality by numerical simulation, evaluation of geochemical behaviours of fission products in geological media, and so on. In this study, two kinds of the Oklo reactor materials collected from RZs 13 and 16 were used. We are now planning to determine the isotopic compositions of REEs and Hf of the Oklo reactor materials by TIMS and/or MC-ICP-MS to reconstruct the energy spectra of neutrons generated in the RZs.

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Isotopic studies on REEs and Hf of the Oklo natural fission reactors for understanding the neutron energy spectra

Hidaka, Hiroshi*; Saito, Takaharu*; Hashiguchi, Minako*; Kagami, Saya; Yokoyama, Tatsunori; Gall, B.*

no journal, , 

It is known that 16 parts (called as reactor zones, hereafter RZs) of the Oklo uranium deposit in the Republic of Gabon, central Africa, functioned as natural fission reactors around two billion years ago. Many elements of the Oklo RZs materials show variations in their isotopic compositions caused by a combination of nuclear fission, neutron captures, and radioactive decays. Isotopic data sets of several elements, particularly rare earth elements (REEs), of the Oklo RZs materials provide useful information on the determination of nuclear parameters during the reactor criticality, construction of the model for the reactor criticality by numerical simulation, evaluation of geochemical behaviours of fission products in geological media, and so on. In this study, two kinds of the Oklo reactor materials collected from RZs 13 and 16 were used. The isotopic compositions of Sm, Gd, Er, Yb and Hf of the Oklo reactor materials were newly determined by TIMS and/or MC-ICP-MS. We are now planning to combine the data from several REE and Hf isotopes to reconstruct the energy spectra of neutrons generated in the RZs.

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