Published July 19, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Barrier distribution for a 'superheavy' nucleus-nucleus collision

  • 1. University of Zululand, Private Bag X1001, Kwadlangezwa 3886 (South Africa)
  • 2. iThemba LABS, PO Box 722, Somerset West 7129 (South Africa)
  • 3. Institut Interdisciplinaire Hubert Curien/Universite Louis Pasteur (UMR 7178), 23 rue du Loess, F-67037 Strasbourg (France)
  • 4. University of the Western Cape, Modderdam Road, Bellville 7535 (South Africa)
  • 5. J. Stefan Institute, 1000 Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • 6. Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Description

Large-angle quasielastic scattering has been studied in a high-Z1Z2 nuclear reaction of the type leading to superheavy-element production by cold fusion. We show that despite the presence of strongly dissipative channels, and the complete absence of fusion, the notion of an external barrier distribution, determined by strong coupling to collective excitations of target and projectile, is still valid. Furthermore, our method allows us to deduce some properties of the deep-inelastic processes in this system

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.05.039;
PII
S0370-2693(07)00631-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
651
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 27-32
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.