V. A. Rubchenya

Production of neutron rich isotopes in fission. A study for RNB facilities

Abstract The theoretical model for calculations of the fission product yields in the light-particle induced fission is discussed. A comparison of the production cross sections in fission of 238 U by protons, thermal and fast neutrons, and photons is presented. The results of studies of the very asymmetric fission of 238 U by protons and neutron at the moderate energy are reported.

The influence of the entrance channel on the formation and decay of the compound nucleus 250No

The mass-energy and angular distributions of binary fissionlike fragments produced in the reactions 44Ca + 206Pb and 64Ni + 186W, leading to the same compound nucleus 250No, have been measured at excitation energies of 30 and 40 MeV. The presence of the quasifission component was observed for both systems. But in the case of the 64Ni ion, the quasifission process dominates, while in the case of the 44Ca ion, the main process is the fusion-fission of compound nucleus 250No. From the angular distributions of reaction fragments, the time scales were found for quasifission and fusion-fission for both reactions.

Statistics vs. dynamics in fission: light and shade from systems of intermediate fissility

Systems of intermediate fissility are characterized by an evaporation residues cross section comparable or larger than the fission cross section, and by a relatively higher probability for charged particle emission in the pre‐scission channel. In a theoretical framework in which time scale estimates of the fission process rely on statistical model calculations, the analysis of particle emission in the evaporation residues channel is the source of additional constraints on the statistical and dynamical models. This contribution will focus on our statistical and dynamical analysis of a more complete set of data from the system 32S+100Mo at ELab = 200 MeV. Statistical model fails in reproducing the whole set of data and no convincing estimate is possible of the fission time scale. In particular, while pre‐scission multiplicities can be reproduced without delay, the model strongly overestimates proton and alpha particle multiplicities in the evaporation residues channel irrespective of the statistical model i...

Nuclear Viscosity in the Fission of 132Ce Composite Nuclei at Ex=122 MeV

Fission dynamics in systems of intermediate fissility is under study with the 8{pi}LP apparatus at the Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (Italy). Here we present some preliminary results for the composite system 132Ce at Ex=122 MeV, produced in the reaction 32S + 100Mo at Elab=200 MeV. Measured charged particle multiplicities in the evaporation residue and fission channels, and cross sections of the two channels have been compared to the predictions of a dynamical model based on three dimensional Langevin equations. The sizeable set of measured observables allowed to put severe constraints to the model. A good overall agreement is obtained assuming one body dissipation, which implies a fission delay in the range 15 - 25 x10-21 s.

Capture and Fusion‐Fission Processes in Heavy Ion Induced Reactions

Results of the experiments aimed at the study of fission and quasi‐fission processes in the reactions 12C+204Pb, 48Ca+144,154Sm, 168Er, 208Pb, 238U, 244Pu, 248Cm; 58Fe+208Pb, 244Pu, 248Cm, and 64Ni+186W, 242Pu are presented. The choice of the above‐mentioned reactions was inspired by the experiments on the production of the isotopes 283112, 289114 and 283116 at Dubna using the same reactions. The 58Fe and 64Ni projectiles were chosen since the corresponding projectile‐target combinations lead to the synthesis of even heavier elements. The experiments were carried out at the U‐400 accelerator of the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (JINR, Russia), the XTU Tandem accelerator of the National Laboratory of Legnaro (LNL, Italy) and the Accelerator of the Laboratory of University of Jyvaskyla (JYFL, Finland) using the time‐of‐flight spectrometer of fission fragments CORSET and the neutron multi‐detector DEMON. The role of shell effects and the influence of the entrance channel asymmetry and the deformatio...