Eur. Phys. J. A (2015) 51: 175
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2015-15175-y

Regular Article - Experimental Physics

Transfer-induced fission in inverse kinematics: Impact on experimental and evaluated nuclear data bases

¹ GANIL, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, F-14076, Caen, France
² Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
³ Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Université Paris-Sud 11, CNRS/IN2P3, F-91406, Orsay, France
⁴ Universidade de Vigo, E-36310, Vigo, Spain
⁵ CEA, Irfu, Centre de Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
⁶ CEA DAM Île-de-France, BP 12, 91680, Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
⁷ Fundamental Fysik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, SE-41296, Göteborg, Sweden
⁸ CENBG, UMR 5797 CNRS/IN2P3, Université Bordeaux, F-33175, Gradignan, France

^* e-mail: farget@ganil.fr

Received: 16 September 2015
Accepted: 29 October 2015
Published online: 23 December 2015

Abstract

Inverse kinematics is a new tool to study nuclear fission. Its main advantage is the possibility to measure with an unmatched resolution the atomic number of fission fragments, leading to new observables in the properties of fission-fragment distributions. In addition to the resolution improvement, the study of fission based on nuclear collisions in inverse kinematics beneficiates from a larger view with respect to the neutron-induced fission, as in a single experiment the number of fissioning systems and the excitation energy range are widden. With the use of spectrometers, mass and kinetic-energy distributions may now be investigated as a function of the proton and neutron number sharing. The production of fissioning nuclei in transfer reactions allows studying the isotopic yields of fission fragments as a function of the excitation energy. The higher excitation energy resulting in the fusion reaction leading to the compound nucleus ²⁵⁰Cf at an excitation energy of 45MeV is also presented. With the use of inverse kinematics, the charge polarisation of fragments at scission is now revealed with high precision, and it is shown that it cannot be neglected, even at higher excitation energies. In addition, the kinematical properties of the fragments inform on the deformation configuration at scission.