Multi-nucleon transfer (MNT) reactions are thought to be useful paths for synthesizing new neutron-rich heavy nuclei and as possible paths for synthesizing nuclei near the N=126 shell closure(of interest for studies of r-process nucleosynthesis. We have performed a number of measurements, using Gammasphere, of the yields of various projectile-like fragments (PLFs) and target-like fragments (TLFs) in the reaction of 204Hg with 208Pb, 136Xe + 198Pt, and 204Hg with 198Pt. We have compared our experimental results with predictions of the GRAZING and GRAZING-F models, the di-nuclear systems (DNS) model, the improved quantum molecular dynamics (InQMD) model , the Langevin model of Zagrebaev and Greiner and time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) calculations. We also report on recent efforts to study the 197Au + 192Os reaction.

Recent advances in our understanding of multi-nucleon transfer reactions in heavy nuclei

ACS Fall 2021

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