118403162
αdecay chains study for the recently observed superheavy elementZ=117within the isospin cluster model
The recently observed $\alpha$-decay chains $^{293-294}117$ were produced by the fusion reactions with target $^{249}Bk$ and projectile $^{48}Ca$ at Dubna in Russia. The reported cross-sections for the mentioned reaction are $\sigma=0.5(+1.1,-0.4)$pb and $\sigma$=1.3(+1.5,-0.6)$pb$ at $E^{*}=35MeV$ and $E^{*}=39MeV$, respectively. The Q-values of $\alpha$-decay and the half-lives $Log_{10}T^{\alpha}_{1/2}$(s) are calculated for the $\alpha$-decay chains of $^{293-294}117$ nuclei, within the framework of Isospin Cluster Model (ICM). In the ICM model the proximity energy is improved by using the isospin dependent radius of parent, daughter and alpha particle. The binding energy $B(A_{i}, Z_{i})$ (i=1,2) of any nucleus of mass number A and atomic number Z was obtained from a phenomenological and more genaralized BW formula given by \cite{samanta02}. The calculated results in ICM are compared with the experimental results and other theoretical Macro-Microscopic(M-M), RMF(with NL3 and SFU Gold forces parameter) model calculations. The estimated values of $\alpha$-decay half-lives are in good agreement with the recent data. The ICM calculation is in favor of the persence of magic number at N=172.
118551278
Theoretical Studies of Rare-Earth Nuclei leading to $_{50}$Sn-Daughter Products and the Associated Shell Effects
Cluster decays of rare-earth nuclei are studied with a view to look for neutron magic shells for the $_{50}$Sn nucleus as the daughter product always. The $^{100}$Sn and $^{132}$Sn radioactivities are studied to find the most probable cluster decays and the possibility, if any, of new neutron shells. For a wide range of parent nuclei considered here (from Ba to Pt) $^{12}$C from $^{112}$Ba and $^{78}$Ni from $^{210}$Pt parent are predicted to be the most probable clusters (minimum decay half-life) referring to $^{100}$Sn and $^{132}$Sn daughters, respectively. Also, $^{22}$Mg decay of $^{122}$Sm is indicated at the second best possibilty for $^{100}$Sn-daughter decay. In addition to these well known magic shells (Z=50, N=50 and 82), a new magic shell at Z=50, N=66 ($^{116}$Sn daughter) is indicated for the $^{64}$Ni decay from $^{180}$Pt parent.
119208449
Shell closure effects studied via cluster decay in heavy nuclei
The effects of a shell closure in nuclei via cluster decay have been investigated. In this context, we used the preformed cluster model (PCM) of Gupta and collaborators based on quantum-mechanical fragmentation theory. The key point in the cluster radioactivity is that it involves the interplay of close shell effects of parent and daughter nuclei. Small half-life for a parent indicates the shell stabilized daughter and long half-life indicates the stability of the parent against the decay. In the cluster decay of trans-lead nuclei observed so far, the end product is doubly magic lead for its neighboring nuclei. We have extended the idea of cluster radioactivity. We have investigated the decay of different nuclei where zirconium is taken as a daughter nucleus, which is a very well-known deformed shell closure nucleus. The branching ratios of cluster decay and α-decay have also been studied for various nuclei, leading to magic or almost doubly magic daughter nuclei. The calculated cluster decay half-lives are in well agreement with the observed data. For the first time a possibility of cluster decay of 218U nucleus is predicted.
119254035
The cluster-core model for the halo structure of light nuclei at the drip lines
Nuclei at both the neutron- and proton-drip lines are studied. In the cluster?core model, the halo structure of all the observed and proposed cases of neutron- or proton-halos is investigated in terms of simple potential energy surfaces calculated as the sum of binding energies, Coulomb repulsion, nuclear proximity attraction and the centrifugal potential for all the possible cluster+core configurations of a nucleus. The clusters of neutrons and protons are taken to be unbound, with additional Coulomb energy added for proton-clusters. The model predictions agree with the available experimental studies but show some differences with the nucleon separation energy hypothesis, particularly for proton-halo nuclei. Of particular interest are the halo structures of 11N and 20Mg. The calculated potential energy surfaces are also useful to identify the new magic numbers and molecular structures in exotic nuclei. In particular, N = 6 is a possible new magic number for very neutron-deficient nuclei, but N = 2, Z = 2 and Z = 8 seem to remain magic even for such nuclei, near the drip line.
118615760
The formation and decay of superheavy nuclei produced in 48Ca-induced reactions
The formation of superheavy nuclei in 48Ca+232Th, 238U, 242,244Pu and 248Cm reactions and their subsequent decay are studied within the quantum mechanical fragmentation theory (QMFT) and the QMFT-based preformed cluster decay model (PCM) of Gupta and collaborators. According to QMFT, all these 48Ca-induced reactions are cold fusion reactions with relative excitation energies larger than those for the Pb-induced cold fusion reactions and smaller than those for the lighter beam, i.e. Mg, Si or S-induced hot fusion reactions. The same reactions were first suggested by Gupta et al in 1977 on the basis of QMFT, and this study re-establishes the same result. In fact, for such heavy isotopes of Z = 110 to 116, 50Ca is shown to be a better beam for cold fusion, but 50Ca is a radioactive nucleus. The α-decay half-lives of these nuclei after 3n and/or 4n evaporations, i.e. of the evaporation residues of these compound systems, calculated on PCM compare reasonably well with the experiments published by the Dubna group and another recent calculation. As expected for such rare decays, PCM calculations show that the α-preformation factors are small, ~10−8 to 10−10. The possible competition of α-decays with heavy cluster emissions from these superheavy nuclei is also probed from the point of view of searching for new nuclear structure information and possible future experiments with such exotic nuclei. The decay half-lives for some clusters are in fact shown to be lower than the limits of experiments for nuclei with enough available atoms.
118469770
Probing the effect of different cross-sections in asymmetric collisions
We present a complete systematic theoretical study of multifragmentation for asymmetric colliding nuclei for heavy-ion reactions in the energy range between 50 MeV/nucleon and 1000 MeV/nucleon by using isospin dependent quantum molecular dynamics (IQMD) model. We have observed an interesting outcome for asymmetric colliding nuclei. The comparison between the symmetric and asymmetric colliding nuclei for the isospin independent cross section and isospin dependent cross section has been studied. We have found the pronounced effect of different cross section and mass asymmetry on the nuclear reaction dynamics.
119252368
Anisotropic distribution of nucleon participating in elliptical flow
Abstract Using the isospin dependent quantum molecular dynamics model, we study the effect of charge asymmetry and isospin dependent cross-section on d N d ( 〈 cos 2 ϕ 〉 ) and d N p t d p t . Simulations have been carried out for the reactions of X m 124 + X m 124 , where m = ( 47 , 50 and 59 ) and S 16 40 + S 16 40 . Our study shows that these parameters depend strongly on the isospin of cross-section and charge asymmetry. The distribution of free nucleons is symmetric but the distribution of nucleons constituting the light mass fragments, which are contributing in elliptical flow, is not symmetric around the beam axis.
118453863
SOME BIANCHI TYPE-V MODELS OF ACCELERATING UNIVERSE WITH DARK ENERGY
The paper deals with a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic universe filled with perfect fluid and dark energy components. The two sources are assumed to interact minimally together with a special law of variation for the average Hubble's parameter in order to solve the Einstein's field equations. The law yields two explicit forms of the scale factor governing the Bianchi-V spacetime and constant values of deceleration parameter. The role of dark energy with variable equation of state parameter has been studied in detail in the evolution of Bianchi-V universe. It has been found that dark energy dominates the universe at the present epoch, which is consistent with the observations. The universe achieves flatness after the dominance of dark energy. The physical behavior of the universe has been discussed in detail.
118862615
Systematic Study on System Size Dependence of Global Stopping: Role of Momentum-Dependent Interactions and Symmetry Energy
Using the isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamical (IQMD) model, we systematically study the role of momentum dependent interactions in global stopping and analyze the effect of symmetry energy in the presence of momentum dependent interactions. For this, we simulate the reactions by varying the total mass of the system from 80 to 394 at different beam energies from 30 to 1000 MeV/nucleon over central and semi-central geometries. The study is carried in the presence of momentum dependent interactions and symmetry energy by taking into account hard equation of state. The nuclear stopping is found to be sensitive towards the momentum dependent interactions and symmetry energy at low incident energies. The momentum dependent interactions are found to weaken the finite size effects in nuclear stopping.
116542469
Study of gold induced heavy ion collisions using isospin dependent QMD model
We have studied the fragment production mechanism in the set of four reactions 197Au79+12C6, 197Au79+26Al13, 197Au79+63Cu29 and 197Au79+208Pb82. The reactions are simulated at an energy 600 MeV/nucleon and collision geometry is varied from central to peripheral (= b/bmax = 0 to 1). A theoretical investigation has been carried out on the study of mass dependence of intermediate mass fragments (5\leqA\leqAtot/6) and other fragments. It is observed that multiplicity shows a good agreement for low Zbound, but it fails for high Zbound. This failure is due the method of analysis MST which we had used in our analysis, because MST method gives one heavy cluster at the time of high density. The discrepancy between theory and experiments can be removed by using reduced isospin dependent NN cross section and sophisticated clustrization algorithm SACA.