Excitation function for the production of (262)Bh (Z=107) in the odd-Z-projectile reaction Pb-208(Mn-55, n) Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The excitation function for production of Bh262 in the odd-Z-projectile reaction Pb208(Mn55, n) has been measured at three projectile energies using the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-Inch Cyclotron. In total, 33 decay chains originating from Bh262 and 2 decay chains originating from Bh261 were observed. The measured decay properties are in good agreement with previous reports. The maximum cross section of 540-150+180 pb is observed at a lab-frame center-of-target energy of 264.0 MeV and is more than five times larger than that expected based on previously reported results for production of Bh262 in the analogous even-Z-projectile reaction Bi209(Cr54, n). Our results indicate that the optimum beam energy in one-neutron-out heavy-ion fusion reactions can be estimated simply using the optimum energy rule proposed by wiatecki, Siwek- Wilczyska, and Wilczyski. 2006 The American Physical Society.

published proceedings

  • PHYSICAL REVIEW C

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Folden, C. M., Nelson, S. L., Dullmann, C. E., Schwantes, J. M., Sudowe, R., Zielinski, P. M., ... Hoffman, D. C.

citation count

  • 30

complete list of authors

  • Folden, CM||Nelson, SL||Dullmann, CE||Schwantes, JM||Sudowe, R||Zielinski, PM||Gregorich, KE||Nitsche, H||Hoffman, DC

publication date

  • January 2006