Published September 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Actinides produced by /sup 12/C + /sup 242/Pu and /sup 16/O + /sup 238/U reactions

  • 1. Department of Chemistry, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan

Description

The cross sections for /sup 250/Fm, /sup 244-246/Cf, /sup 242-244/Cm, and /sup 242/Am/sup g/ produced by the /sup 12/C+ /sup 242/Pu and the /sup 16/O+ /sup 238/U reactions leading to the same compound nucleus of /sup 254/Fm have been measured by using radiochemical methods. The excitation functions show that the difference between the /sup 12/C+ /sup 242/Pu and the /sup 16/O+ /sup 238/U reactions can be attributed mainly to the Coulomb barriers. Our results were compared with others reported previously for /sup 22/Ne+ /sup 232/Th, /sup 12/C+ /sup 238/U, /sup 12/C+ /sup 240,241/Pu, /sup 13/C+ /sup 241/Pu, /sup 16/O+ /sup 233/U, and /sup 16/O+ /sup 242/Pu reaction systems, and support a mechanism involving transfer of α-particle clusters (C,Be,He) from projectile to target for the production of Cf and Cm isotopes

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., C
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev., C.
Journal Page Range
909-913
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA