Published March 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Entrance-channel effects in the population of superdeformed bands in 147,148Gd

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1 (Canada)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7 (Canada)
  • 3. AECL Research, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Ontario, K0J 1J0 (Canada)
  • 4. Centre de Recherches Nucleaires, F-67037 Strasbourg CEDEX (France)

Description

Discrete superdeformed bands in 147,148Gd have been populated with asymmetric and symmetric fusion-evaporation reactions. The yields of the superdeformed bands compared with the total yield of the channel exhibit a large increase for symmetric reactions. We suggest an explanation for this effect in terms of the competition between neutron emission and fission at the early stage of the deexcitation process of the composite system

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev., C Nucl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
R889-R891
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA