=Date and Place=
Mar. 5th (Tue) 2024 , 13:30~ via Nishina Hall
=Lecturer=
Dr. Taiki Tanaka (GANIL)
=Title=
Dynamics of Heavy and Superheavy Element Synthesis: Transition from Deep-Inelastic Collisions to Fusion via Quasifission
=Abstract=
Mass-angle distribution (MAD) measurements of nuclear fission fragments have illuminated many aspects of the physical variables controlling quasifission [1-3]. This tool has been exploited to probe the dynamics of the nuclear fusion reactions used for synthesizing heavy and superheavy elements. A fundamental understanding of quasifission, and how it can be minimized, is sought to optimize the synthesis of new superheavy isotopes.
In this seminal, I will discuss our recent results related to the quasifission process. A new experimental method [4,5], involving the subtraction of two measured MADs, has enabled the first direct determination of the dependence of the fast quasifission sticking time, zeptsecond (10^-21 sec) order, on the angular momentum, Lh/2pi, as well as obtaining new information on fast quasifission mass evolution. The results are consistent with a transition from slow quasifission (and fusion) at the lowest L, through fast quasifission at intermediate L, to deep-inelastic collisions at the highest L. Time-dependent Hartree-Fock theoretical calculations [6] show good agreement with the experimental relationship between the sticking time and L.
I will also introduce our future studies of quasifission at GANIL utilizing the Variable Mode Spectrometer (VAMOS++) and inverse kinematics method. The approach enables us to study the isotopic-dependent reaction dynamics in zeptsecond order, which can be a probe to study the correlations of neutron-proton equilibration [6], kinetic energy dissipation, shell effect [7], and even-odd effect [8].
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