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Spontaneous fission of superheavy nucleus $^{286}$Fl

Nuclear Theory 2016-07-15 v2

Abstract

The decimal logarithm of spontaneous fission half-life of the superheavy nucleus 286^{286}Fl experimentally determined is log10Tfexp(s)=0.632\log_{10} T_f^{exp} (s) = -0.632. We present a method to calculate the half-life based on the cranking inertia and the deformation energy, functions of two independent surface coordinates, using the best asymmetric two center shell model. In the first stage we study the statics. At a given mass asymmetry up to about η=0.5\eta=0.5 the potential barrier has a two hump shape, but for larger η\eta it has only one hump. The touching point deformation energy versus mass asymmetry shows the three minima, produced by shell effects, corresponding to three decay modes: spontaneous fission, cluster decay and α\alpha~decay. The least action trajectory is determined in the plane (R,η)(R,\eta) where RR is the separation distance of the fission fragments and η\eta is the mass asymmetry. We may find a sequence of several trajectories one of which gives the least action. The parametrization with two deformation coordinates (R,η)(R,\eta) and the radius of the light fragment, R2R_2, exponentially decreasing with RR is compared with the simpler one, in which R2R_2~=constant. The latter is closer to the reality and reminds us about the alpha or cluster preformation at the nuclear surface.

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@article{arxiv.1604.00529,
  title  = {Spontaneous fission of superheavy nucleus $^{286}$Fl},
  author = {Dorin N. Poenaru and Radu A. Gherghescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.00529},
  year   = {2016}
}

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18 pages, 9 figures, 3 tables, URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.014309