Synthesis of thin-long heavy nuclei in ternary collisions

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the formation of thin-long heavy nuclei through three-nucleus collisions using density functional theory, proposing a new laboratory synthesis method and exploring astrophysical implications.

Contribution

It introduces a novel ternary collision approach for synthesizing thin-long heavy nuclei and analyzes impact parameter effects on their formation.

Findings

Ternary collisions can produce thin-long heavy nuclei.

Impact parameter influences the formation of these structures.

Potential laboratory and astrophysical applications are discussed.

Abstract

We illustrate the formation of a thin-long structure of heavy nuclei by three-nucleus simultaneous collisions within time-dependent density functional theory. The impact parameter dependence for such formation is systematically demonstrated through clarifications of the difference between binary and ternary collision events. A new method for producing thin-long heavy nuclei in the laboratory is suggested, as well as the possible formation of the thin-long structure in hot dense matter such as that encountered in core collapse supernovae.