0000000001257060
AUTHOR
Manfred Mutterer
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New approach to energy loss measurements
2002
Abstract A new approach to energy loss measurements is proposed. In the same experiment electronic stopping force (power) in gold, nickel, carbon, polycarbonate and Havar for 40 Ar, 28 Si, 16 O, 4 He and 1 H ions in the energy range 0.12–11 MeV/u has been measured. In this paper we give the full results for gold, nickel, and carbon and for 40 Ar, 16 O, 4 He and 1 H ions. Good agreement of the measured stopping force values for light ions with literature data is interpreted as the positive test of the experimental technique. The same technique used with heavy ions yields agreement with the published data only for energies above 1 MeV/u. At lower energies we observe progressively increasing d…
Effects of weakly coupled channels on quasielastic barrier distributions
2009
Heavy-ion collisions often produce fusion barrier distributions with structures displaying a fingerprint of couplings to highly collective excitations. Similar distributions can be obtained from large-angle quasielastic scattering, although in this case, the role of the many weak direct-reaction channels is unclear. For $^{20}\mathrm{Ne}+^{90}\mathrm{Zr}$, we have observed the barrier structures expected for the highly deformed neon projectile; however, for $^{20}\mathrm{Ne}+^{92}\mathrm{Zr}$, we find significant extra absorption into a large number of noncollective inelastic channels. This leads to smearing of the barrier distribution and a consequent reduction in the ``resolving power'' o…
HOW MANY FUSION BARRIERS?
2004
Fusion barrier distributions for the 20 Ne + 112,116,118 Sn systems have been extracted from quasi-elastic scattering cross sections measured at the Warsaw HIL Cyclotron. Results are compared to coupled-channels calculations performed with the CCFULL code. The overall widths of the distributions are reproduced on taking account of the low-lying collective states of the target and projectile but some puzzling discrepancies in their shapes remain to be explained.
Experimental Linear Energy Transfer of Heavy Ions in Silicon for RADEF Cocktail Species
2009
Experimental linear energy transfer values of heavy ions in silicon are presented with comparison to estimations from different semi empirical codes widely used among the community. This paper completes the experimental LET data for the RADEF cocktail ions in silicon.
Absence of structure in the $^{20,22}$Ne + $^{118}$Sn quasi-elastic barrier distribution
2005
Abstract Motivated by the extreme deformation parameters of the projectile, we have measured quasi-elastic scattering for 20 Ne + 118 Sn. In contrast to calculations based on known collective states, the experimental barrier distribution is structureless. A comparison with the system 22 Ne + 118 Sn shows that this smoothing is unlikely to be due to nucleon- or α -transfer channels, and is more likely to be due to coupling to many other weak channels.
Particular features of ternary fission induced by polarized neutrons in the major actinidesU233,235andPu239,241
2016
Ternary fission in $(n,f)$ reactions was studied with polarized neutrons for the isotopes $^{233,235}\mathrm{U}$ and $^{239,241}\mathrm{Pu}$. A cold longitudinally polarized neutron beam was available at the High Flux Reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. The beam was hitting the fissile targets mounted at the center of a reaction chamber. Detectors for fission fragments and ternary particles were installed in a plane perpendicular to the beam. In earlier work it was discovered that the angular correlations between neutron spin and the momenta of fragments and ternary particles were very different for $^{233}\mathrm{U}$ or $^{235}\mathrm{U}$. These correlations could no…
Energy losses of 252Cf fission fragments in thin foils
2006
Abstract The stopping power of fission fragments from 252Cf(sf) has been measured in thin foils of C, Ni, Au, Al2O3 and Mylar as a function of fragment mass and energy. The chosen stopping materials are frequently used as the backing of sources and targets or entrance windows of gas detectors. The experimental setup allowed registration of velocities of two fission fragments and energy of one of them. In this way fragment masses could be unambiguously determined and the pulse-height defect of the silicon detector verified. The measured stopping power data for fission fragments cover masses between A = 101 and A = 148. The results are compared with semi-empirical predictions of SRIM 2003 cod…
Energy loss of 132Xe-ions in thin foils
2009
Abstract The energy loss of 132Xe-ions in C, Al, Ni, Ag, Lu, Au, Pb and Th foils was measured in the energy range from 0.1 to 5 MeV/u using the TOF-E method. The results are compared with previously published data and with the predictions of several computer codes. They include theoretical codes: PASS, CASP, semi-empirical programs: SRIM, LET and the Hubert table predictions.
Weak channels in backscattering of20Ne onnatNi,118Sn, and208Pb
2012
To further our understanding of the influence of weakly coupled channels on the distribution of Coulomb barrier heights, we have measured transfer cross sections for ${}^{20}$Ne ions backscattered from ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}$Ni, ${}^{118}$Sn, and ${}^{208}$Pb targets at near-barrier energies. The $Q$ value spectrum in the case of ${}^{208}$Pb target has been determined too. The transfer channels appear to be especially important for ${}^{208}$Pb, whose double-closed-shell nature leads to a relatively low level density for noncollective inelastic excitations.
QUATERNARY FISSION
2003
Quaternary fission is a nuclear reaction where the two customary fragments from fission are accompanied by two light charged particles. The process has been investigated at the ILL, Grenoble, for thermal neutron induced fission of 233U and 235U. The light particles were identified to be α particles and H isotopes (mostly tritons). Two different types of processes could be disentangled: in one of these processes all four charged particles are born in coincidence while the second process is in fact merely a special case of ternary fission where the ternary particle decays into two charged particles before reaching the detectors.
Isotopic distributions of thermal-neutron-induced fission fragments of near-symmetric fission of Pu239,241 determined using calorimetric low-temperat…
2021
Isotopic distributions were measured for the light fragment group in the transition region from asymmetric to symmetric fission for thermal neutron induced fission of $^{239}\mathrm{Pu}$ and $^{241}\mathrm{Pu}$ using the novel technology of calorimetric low temperature detectors in combination with the passive absorber method. Nuclear charge distributions were determined for 24 masses in the range $A=89$ to $A=112$ for $^{241}\mathrm{Pu}({n}_{\mathrm{th}},f)$ for the first time with the LOHENGRIN mass spectrometer. Moving from asymmetric to symmetric fission, known data were supplemented for masses from $A=110$ to $A=112$ for $^{241}\mathrm{Pu}({n}_{\mathrm{th}},f)$ and from $A=109$ to $A=1…
Examination of the influence of transfer channels on the barrier height distribution: Scattering ofNe20onNi58,Ni60, andNi61at near-barrier energies
2016
Background: It was suggested that the shape of the barrier height distribution can be determined not only by strong reaction channels (collective excitations) but also by weak channels such as transfers and/or noncollective excitations.Purpose: The study of the barrier height distributions for the $^{20}\mathrm{Ne}+\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}^{58,60,61}\mathrm{Ni}$ systems requires information on transfer cross sections at near-barrier energies.Methods: A measurement of the cross sections for various transfer channels at a backward angle (142 degrees), at a near-barrier energy was performed. Identification of products was based on time-of-flight and $\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Delta}}E\text{\ens…
CORRELATIONS IN TERNARY FISSION
2000
An experiment investigating correlations in ternary fission of233U induced by cold polarized neutrons was performed at the high flux reactor of the ILL in Grenoble (France). With the experimental setup, Left—Right and time reversal symmetry violating and conserving correlations between neutron spin\(\hat \sigma \), neutron momentum\(\hat p_n \), momenta of fission fragments\(\hat p_f \) and ternary particles\(\hat p_t \) could be investigated.
Quasi-free scattering with 6,8He beams
2005
Abstract This paper presents the results of experimental investigations of ( p , p n ) , ( p , p α ) and ( p , p 6 He) reactions with relativistic 6 He and 8 He beams impinging on a hydrogen target. Information on the structure of extremely neutron-rich nuclei was obtained by using the unique characteristic of quasi-free scattering processes and inverse kinematics. For the first time, momentum distributions of complex clusters inside 6 He and 8 He were measured. Spectroscopic factors for valence neutrons, α - and 6 He clusters were deduced from the experimental data. They demonstrate that the filling of the p 1 2 shell is the essential feature of the 8 He structure. It is shown that the 8 H…
Weak channels in backscattering of ^{20}Ne on ^{nat}Ni, ^{118}Sn, and ^{208}Pb
2012
To further our understanding of the influence of weakly coupled channels on the distribution of Coulomb barrier heights, we have measured transfer cross sections for 20Ne ions backscattered from natNi, 118Sn, and 208Pb targets at near-barrier energies. The Q value spectrum in the case of 208Pb target has been determined too. The transfer channels appear to be especially important for 208Pb, whose double-closed-shell nature leads to a relatively low level density for noncollective inelastic excitations. peerReviewed