Theoretical study on production cross sections of exotic actinide nuclei in multinucleon transfer reactions

Within the dinuclear system (DNS) model, the multinucleon transfer reactions ^129,136Xe + ²⁴⁸Cm, ¹¹²Sn + ²³⁸U, and ¹⁴⁴Xe + ²⁴⁸Cm are investigated. The production cross sections of primary fragments are calculated with the DNS model. By using a statistical model, we investigate the influence of charged particle evaporation channels on production cross sections of exotic nuclei. It is found that for excited neutron-deficient nuclei the charged particle evaporation competes with neutron emission and plays an important role in the cooling process. The production cross sections of several exotic actinide nuclei are predicted in the reactions ¹¹²Sn + ²³⁸U and ^136,144Xe + ²⁴⁸Cm. Considering the beam intensities, the collisions of ^136,144Xe projectiles with a ²⁴⁸Cm target for producing neutron-rich nuclei with Z=92-96 are investigated.

Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11605296) and Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2016A030310208)