Role of different model ingredients in the exotic cluster-decay of $^{56}Ni^*$

TL;DR

This study investigates how various model ingredients affect the cluster decay of $^{56}$Ni*, finding that different parameters have minimal impact on decay predictions, thus supporting current modeling practices.

Contribution

The paper systematically examines the influence of different Fermi density and nuclear radius parameters on cluster decay calculations of $^{56}$Ni*.

Findings

Decay half-lives vary within ±10% across different parameters.

Transfer structure of fractional yields remains largely unaffected.

Current parameter choices are justified for cluster decay modeling.

Abstract

We present cluster decay studies of $^{56}$Ni$^*$ formed in heavy-ion collisions using different Fermi density and nuclear radius parameters proposed by various authors. Our study reveals that different technical parameters do not alter the transfer structure of fractional yields significantly. The cluster decay half-lives of different clusters lies within $\pm$10% for different Fermi density parameters and nuclear radius, therefore, justify the current set of parameters used in the literature for the calculations of cluster decay.