Cluster decay of various Gd isotopes from the trans-tin region

Knowing the importance of shell structure of daughter nucleus, the authors studied ground state decay paths of proton-rich ^128-132Gd and other neighboring nuclei ^108-116Xe, ^112-120Ba, ^116-124Ce, ^120-124Nd, and ^124-128Sm on the basis of preformed cluster model (PCM) to explore the region of Sn radioactivity. It is important to note here that, in addition to shell effects the deformations and orientations of nuclei are also anticipated to play an important role in cluster decay process. In order to extend the above study, we apply the same methodology to analyze the influence of nuclear deformations and orientations on the fragmentation path of ^128-136Gd isotopes