2010/03/15 by V. I. Zagrebaev, А. В. Карпов, A. V. Karpov +1 · 55 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Actinide #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Atomic physics #Cluster decay #Cold fission #Excited state #Fission #MAGIC (telescope) #Magic number (chemistry) #Neutron #Neutron emission #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Spontaneous fission #Superheavy Elements #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.81.044608
published in Physical Review C 81(4) (American Institute of Physics) · 4 pages, 7 figures
arxiv created 2010/03/15 · openalex publication_date 2010/04/16 · arxiv updated 2010/04/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
True ternary fission with formation of a heavy third fragment is quite possible for superheavy nuclei because of the strong shell effects leading to a three-body clusterization with the two doubly magic tinlike cores. The simplest way to discover this phenomenon in the decay of excited superheavy nuclei is a detection of two tinlike clusters with appropriate kinematics in low-energy collisions of medium-mass nuclei with actinide targets. The three-body quasi-fission process could be even more pronounced for giant nuclear systems formed in collisions of heavy actinide nuclei. In this case a three-body clusterization might be proved experimentally by the detection of two coincident leadlike fragments in low-energy U + U collisions.