Fragmentation analysis of stable and exotic nuclear systems using collective clusterization phenomenon

The dynamical cluster decay model based on the collective clusterization approach has been vividly applied to comprehend the dynamics of various mass regions, extended from the light mass to the superheavy regime. Within this framework, the decay of various compound nuclei governed through the light particles, intermediate mass, heavy mass and fission fragments etc. is immensely explored. In recent times, the calculations are carried out to understand the dynamics of heavy ion induced reactions, wherein the deformation (βλi; λ=2, 3, 4) and orientation (θi) effects are duly incorporated. The fragmentation behavior and preformation distribution (yield) of the neutron and loosely bound projectile-induced reactions are also analyzed for a variety of hot (T≠0) and rotating nuclear systems. The DCM has also been successfully applied to study the quasi-fission (qf) phenomenon, characterized by the asymmetric mass distribution, at incident energies lying across the Coulomb barrier. Furthermore, the role of different Skyrme forces is tested particularly to address sub-barrier fusion anomalies. Beside this, the spontaneous-fission and α-decay paths are explored by introducing the temperature effects in terms of recoil energy of the residual nucleus. The cluster and heavy particle radioactivity around Pb magicity is also explored within the framework of Preformed cluster model (PCM), where the angular momentum and temperature effects remain silent. (author)