Production and spectroscopic investigation of Mercury and Radon isotopes produced in complete fusion reaction and multi-nucleon transfer reaction at MASHA facility

TL;DR

This study produced and analyzed Mercury and Radon isotopes using fusion and transfer reactions at the MASHA facility, providing detailed spectroscopic data on these isotopes.

Contribution

It presents new spectroscopic data on Mercury and Radon isotopes produced via fusion and transfer reactions at the MASHA setup.

Findings

Successful production of specific Mercury and Radon isotopes.

Spectroscopic analysis results of the produced isotopes.

Validation of the MASHA setup for isotope separation and detection.

Abstract

In this paper, the production and spectroscopic investigation of Mercury and Radon isotopes was performed using complete fusion reactions neutron evaporation residues and multi-nucleon transfer reaction at the mass-separator MASHA. The MASHA setup is installed on the beam line of Cyclotron U-400M at Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (FLNR) in Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia. The isotopes produced in complete fusion reactions 148Sm(40Ar, xn)188-xHg, 166Er(40Ar, xn)206-xRn and multi-nucleon transfer reaction 48Ca + 242Pu were passed through the magnetooptical system of MASHA setup with charge state Q=+1 and were separated on the basis of their mass to charge ratio. For the detection of these isotopes, a position sensitive Si detector was used. Further, the experimental data obtained were analysed and spectroscopic investigations were carried out.