Experimental Study of Mass–Energy Distribution of Fragments Produced in the Zr Reaction Leading to the Formation of Hg at Energies near the Coulomb Barrier

Abstract

Mass–energy distributions of binary fragments produced in the 
Zr reaction at the projectile-ion energy of 378 MeV were measured by means of the CORSET double-arm time-of-flight spectrometer. From a comparison of the mass–energy distributions measured in the present study with the distributions of fragments produced in the 
Sm and 
Sn reactions leading to the formation of the same compound system 
Hg, it was found that the contribution of the fusion–fission process involving a compound nucleus to the total distribution of fission-like fragments was less than 20%.

About the authors

K. A. Kulkov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Dubna State University

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia; Dubna, Russia

N. S. Bublikova

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia

I. V. Pchelintsev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia

I. V. Vorobiev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia

K. V. Novikov

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Dubna State University

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia; Dubna, Russia

Yu. M. Itkis

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia

G. N. Knyazheva

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Dubna State University

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia; Dubna, Russia

A. A. Bogachev

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia

E. M. Kozulin

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research; Dubna State University

Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia; Dubna, Russia

M. G. Voronyuk

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research

Author for correspondence.
Email: kulkov@jinr.ru
Dubna, Russia

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