Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2005-02-12
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
11 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
Microscopic effects in fragment mass distributions in fusion-fission reactions of light projectiles (C, O and F) on deformed thorium and spherical bismuth targets in near and below Coulomb barrier energies are investigated. Precisely measured mass distribution shows a sudden anomalous increase in variances of mass distributions ($\sigma_{m}^2$) near Coulomb barrier energies for all three projectiles with deformed thorium target, in contrast to a smooth variation of $\sigma_{m}^2$ with energy for spherical bismuth target. Macroscopic effects of change in mass flow or prolonged mass equilibration time can not explain the observed variation in $\sigma_{m}^2$ with energy. Microscopic effects due to change in entrance channel shape compactness for projectiles hitting the polar region of prolate thorium target is postulated to reach a almost symmetric saddle without complete fusion for events of anomalous fragment widths. Quantitative estimates of mass widths mixed for the two processes explains the observed variation of $\sigma_{m}^2$ with excitation energy.
Bhattacharya Partha Pratim
Ghosh Tapan Kumar
Golda K. S.
Pal Soumik
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