Quasifission competes with fusion, and can suppress the cross sections for formation of
heavy elements by orders of magnitude. Its understanding is important both to map out …

The properties of superheavy elements probe extremes of physics and chemistry. They are
synthesised at accelerator laboratories using nuclear fusion, where two atomic nuclei …

The observation of mass-asymmetric fission in neutron-deficient 180 Hg dramatically
expanded the region of mass-asymmetric fission found across the nuclide chart, and has led …

By using the symmetric-asymmetric Gaussian barrier distribution (SAGBD) model, Wong
formula, and coupled channel approach, heavy ion fusion dynamics is investigated for C …

Background: Shell effects have been found to influence both the compound nuclear fission
(CNF) and quasifission processes. Besides quasifission processes, which fission modes …

Background: The coupled-channels model has been highly successful in interpreting
experimental subbarrier fusion. The statistical model framework has traditionally been used …

Background: Understanding the mechanism of the quasifission reaction is important,
because it is an essential competitor to the fusion reaction leading to superheavy elements …

Background: At energies above the capture barrier, coupled-channels (CC) calculations with
a standard nuclear potential diffuseness (0.65 fm) increasingly overestimate experimental …

The pre-scission α-particle multiplicity (α pre), measured in 16 O (96 MeV)+ 232 Th reaction,
is observed to be significantly lower than the global trend reported earlier. Statistical model …

Mass distributions of fission fragments arising from the slow quasifission (SQF) process,
derived by comparing the measured data with theory for several reactions, show distinct …