Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1837459 Nuclear Physics A 2013 14 Pages PDF
Abstract

A systematic calculation of the production cross sections of superheavy elements (SHEs) in hot fusion reactions is performed. First, we analyze the reactions of 48Ca + 238U, 244Pu, and 248Cm, from which the parameter values in the model for each process are determined by comparing the calculated capture, fusion, and evaporation residue (ER) cross sections, respectively, with the measured data. Then, we calculate the ER cross sections of other hot fusion reactions with the derived parameter values. The calculated results are in good agreement with the available data. Furthermore, the possible isotope production cross sections of elements 118 and 117 in the reactions of 48Ca + ACf and ABk are computed. We find that with the increase of the neutron number of the target, the production cross sections of the SHEs increase, primarily caused by the smaller neutron separation energies of the corresponding neutron-rich compound nucleus (CN). Finally, the production cross sections of elements 120 and 119 are evaluated in fusion–evaporation reactions with 50Ti as a projectile.

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