Recoil-α-fission and recoil-α-α-fission events observed in the reaction 48Ca + 243Am

U. Forsberg; D. Rudolph; L. L. Andersson; A. Di Nitto; Ch E. Düllmann; C. Fahlander; J. M. Gates; P. Golubev; K. E. Gregorich; C. J. Gross; R. D. Herzberg; F. P. Heßberger; J. Khuyagbaatar; J. V. Kratz; K. Rykaczewski; L. G. Sarmiento; M. Schädel; A. Yakushev; S. Åberg; D. Ackermann; M. Block; H. Brand; B. G. Carlsson; D. Cox; X. Derkx; J. Dobaczewski; K. Eberhardt; J. Even; J. Gerl; E. Jäger; B. Kindler; J. Krier; I. Kojouharov; N. Kurz; B. Lommel; A. Mistry; C. Mokry; W. Nazarewicz; H. Nitsche; J. P. Omtvedt; P. Papadakis; I. Ragnarsson; J. Runke; H. Schaffner; B. Schausten; Yue Shi; P. Thörle-Pospiech; T. Torres; T. Traut; N. Trautmann; A. Türler; A. Ward; D. E. Ward; N. Wiehl

doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.04.025

Recoil-α-fission and recoil-α-α-fission events observed in the reaction ⁴⁸Ca + ²⁴³Am

U. Forsberg
, D. Rudolph
, L. L. Andersson
, A. Di Nitto
, Ch E. Düllmann
, C. Fahlander
, J. M. Gates
, P. Golubev
, K. E. Gregorich
, C. J. Gross
, R. D. Herzberg
, F. P. Heßberger
, J. Khuyagbaatar
, J. V. Kratz
, K. Rykaczewski
, L. G. Sarmiento
, M. Schädel
, A. Yakushev
, S. Åberg
, D. Ackermann

M. Block, H. Brand, B. G. Carlsson, D. Cox, X. Derkx, J. Dobaczewski, K. Eberhardt, J. Even, J. Gerl, E. Jäger, B. Kindler, J. Krier, I. Kojouharov, N. Kurz, B. Lommel, A. Mistry, C. Mokry, W. Nazarewicz, H. Nitsche, J. P. Omtvedt, P. Papadakis, I. Ragnarsson, J. Runke, H. Schaffner, B. Schausten, Yue Shi, P. Thörle-Pospiech, T. Torres, T. Traut, N. Trautmann, A. Türler, A. Ward, D. E. Ward, N. Wiehl

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Abstract

Products of the fusion-evaporation reaction ⁴⁸Ca + ²⁴³Am were studied with the TASISpec set-up at the gas-filled separator TASCA at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany. Amongst the detected thirty correlated α-decay chains associated with the production of element Z=115, two recoil-α-fission and five recoil-α-α-fission events were observed. The latter five chains are similar to four such events reported from experiments performed at the Dubna gas-filled separator, and three such events reported from an experiment at the Berkeley gas-filled separator. The four chains observed at the Dubna gas-filled separator were assigned to start from the 2n-evaporation channel ²⁸⁹115 due to the fact that these recoil-α-α-fission events were observed only at low excitation energies. Contrary to this interpretation, we suggest that some of these recoil-α-α-fission decay chains, as well as some of the recoil-α-α-fission and recoil-α-fission decay chains reported from Berkeley and in this article, start from the 3n-evaporation channel ²⁸⁸115.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	117-138
Number of pages	22
Journal	Nuclear Physics A
Volume	953
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.04.025
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

Funding

The authors would like to thank the ion-source and the accelerator staff at GSI. This work is supported by the European Community FP7 – Capacities ENSAR No. 262010 , the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund , the Euroball Owners Committee , the Swedish Research Council , the German BMBF , the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Science, under Award Numbers DOE-DE-NA0002574 (the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances program) and DE-SC0008511 (NUCLEI SciDAC-3 Collaboration), and the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council .

Keywords

Element 115
Spontaneous fission
Superheavy elements
Uup
α decay

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Forsberg, U., Rudolph, D., Andersson, L. L., Di Nitto, A., Düllmann, C. E., Fahlander, C., Gates, J. M., Golubev, P., Gregorich, K. E., Gross, C. J., Herzberg, R. D., Heßberger, F. P., Khuyagbaatar, J., Kratz, J. V., Rykaczewski, K., Sarmiento, L. G., Schädel, M., Yakushev, A., Åberg, S., ... Wiehl, N. (2016). Recoil-α-fission and recoil-α-α-fission events observed in the reaction ⁴⁸Ca + ²⁴³Am. Nuclear Physics A, 953, 117-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2016.04.025

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