Influence of magicity on cluster decay half-lives of ^112-118Ba isotopes

As a phenomenon, cluster decay was dis- covered in 1980 by Sandulescu as a spontaneous decay involving the emission of clusters heavier than ⁴He. It was experimentally established by Rose and Jones where ¹⁴C was emitted from ²²³Ra. Since then, about thirty more clusters have been observed, ranging from ¹⁴C - ³⁴Si. Usually, cluster radioactive decays are associated with double magic daughter nuclei like ¹⁰⁰Sn and its neighbours. Such nuclei, especially those around the neutron shell closure exerts a certain influence on the decay half-life. The emission of ¹²C from the parents ^112-118Ba isotopes are considered in the present analysis