Matter-wave interference originates mass-angle correlation in fusion-fission
Abstract
Mass-angle correlation of fission fragments has been understood as manifestation of quasifission. We show that this is not so: the effect can originate from correlation between fusion-fission amplitudes with different total spins signifying matter-wave interference in compound nucleus processes. This resolves the well-known puzzle with the mass-angle correlation in the complete fusion sub-barrier reaction O+U. Our finding is important for more reliable predictions of production cross sections for superheavy elements. Matter-wave interference also produces quantum-classical transition to the time-orientation localization of the coherently rotating dinucleus in quasifission.
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@article{arxiv.2001.09511,
title = {Matter-wave interference originates mass-angle correlation in fusion-fission},
author = {Oleksandr Gorbachenko and Sergiy Kun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.09511},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1911.11832