Optimum orientations of deformed nuclei for cold synthesis of superheavy elements and the role of higher multipole deformations

RK Gupta, M Balasubramaniam, R Kumar… - Journal of Physics G …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
For collisions between deformed and oriented nuclei, the fragmentation theory is extended
for the generalized nuclear proximity potential, with deformations included up to the …

Signature of shallow potentials in deep sub-barrier fusion reactions

Ş Mişicu, H Esbensen - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2007 - APS
We extend a recent study that explained the steep falloff in the fusion cross section at
energies far below the Coulomb barrier for the symmetric dinuclear system Ni 64+ Ni 64 to …

Compactness of the induced hot fusion reactions and the magnitudes of quadrupole and hexadecapole deformations

RK Gupta, M Manhas, W Greiner - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2006 - APS
Based on fragmentation theory extended to include the orientation degrees of freedom and
higher multipole deformations up to hexadecapole deformations, the compactness of Ca 48 …

Angular momentum effects and barrier modification in sub-barrier fusion reactions using the proximity potential in the Wong formula

R Kumar, M Bansal, SK Arun, RK Gupta - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2009 - APS
Using the capture cross-section data from Ca 48+ U 238, Ca 48+ Pu 244, and Ca 48+ Cm
248 reactions in the superheavy mass region, and fusion-evaporation cross sections from Ni …

Proximity potential for deformed, oriented nuclei:“Gentle” fusion and “hugging” fusion

M Manhas, RK Gupta - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2005 - APS
The proximity potential is obtained in the form of the generalized “pocket formula” for a
collision between any two symmetric or asymmetric mass, deformed and noncoplanar …

Fusion reaction cross-sections using the Wong model within Skyrme energy density based semiclassical extended Thomas Fermi approach

R Kumar, MK Sharma, RK Gupta - Nuclear Physics A, 2011 - Elsevier
First, the nuclear proximity potential, obtained by using the semiclassical extended Thomas
Fermi (ETF) approach in Skyrme energy density formalism (SEDF), is shown to give more …

Effect of deformation and orientation on interaction barrier and fusion cross-sections using various proximity potentials

D Jain, R Kumar, MK Sharma - Nuclear Physics A, 2013 - Elsevier
The effect of deformation and orientation on barrier height and barrier position is studied
using different types of proximity potentials for some 52 colliding nuclei with mass …

Effect of isospin on the fusion reaction cross section using various nuclear proximity potentials within the Wong model

R Kumar - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2011 - APS
Various versions of proximity potentials, with different isospin dependence, are used within
the Wong model for fitting the fusion-evaporation cross sections from 58 Ni+ 58 Ni, 64 Ni+ 64 …

Deformation and orientation effects in the ternary fragmentation potential of the 4He-and 10Be-accompanied fission of the 252Cf nucleus

K Manimaran, M Balasubramaniam - Journal of Physics G …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Ternary fragmentation by calculating the potential energy surfaces (PES) with the inclusion
of deformation and orientation degrees of freedom for the 4 He-and 10 Be-accompanied …

Influence of hexadecapole deformation on production cross sections of superheavy nuclei

XJ Bao, SQ Guo, HF Zhang, JQ Li - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The current heaviest superheavy nuclei (SHN) are experimentally synthesized by using 48
Ca to bombard actinide nuclei via fusion reactions. Actinide nuclei often have considerable …