Production of heavy isotopes in transfer reactions by collisions of $^{238}$U+$^{238}$U

TL;DR

This study models the transfer reactions in $^{238}$U+$^{238}$U collisions to understand how heavy and superheavy nuclei are produced, highlighting the influence of collision orientation and transfer mechanisms.

Contribution

It applies the dinuclear system model to analyze transfer reactions in heavy ion collisions, providing systematic insights into production cross sections of heavy isotopes.

Findings

Cross sections decrease with increasing heavy fragment charge.

Transfer reactions favor synthesis of neutron-rich heavy isotopes.

Collision orientation significantly affects production cross sections.

Abstract

The dynamics of transfer reactions in collisions of two very heavy nuclei $^{238}$U+$^{238}$U is studied within the dinuclear system (DNS) model. Collisions of two actinide nuclei form a super heavy composite system during a very short time, in which a large number of charge and mass transfers may take place. Such reactions have been investigated experimentally as an alternative way for the production of heavy and superheavy nuclei. The role of collision orientation in the production cross sections of heavy nuclides is analyzed systematically. Calculations show that the cross sections decrease drastically with increasing the charged numbers of heavy fragments. The transfer mechanism is favorable to synthesize heavy neutron-rich isotopes, such as nuclei around the subclosure at N=162 from No (Z=102) to Db (Z=105).