On the role of different Skyrme forces and surface corrections in exotic cluster-decay

TL;DR

This paper investigates how different Skyrme forces and surface corrections influence cluster decay in $^{56}$Ni$^*$, finding minimal impact on decay structures and consistent half-life predictions within 15%.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of Skyrme forces and surface corrections in cluster decay, highlighting their limited effect on decay structures and half-life calculations.

Findings

Different Skyrme forces do not significantly alter transfer structures.

Cluster decay half-lives vary within ±10% for PCM and ±15% for UFM.

Surface corrections have minimal impact on decay predictions.

Abstract

We present cluster decay studies of $^{56}$Ni$^*$ formed in heavy-ion collisions using different Skyrme forces. Our study reveals that different Skyrme forces do not alter the transfer structure of fractional yields significantly. The cluster decay half-lives of different clusters lies within \pm 10% for PCM and \pm 15% for UFM.