https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00332-3
Production of heavy neutron-rich nuclei “south" of lead
1
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2
Institut de Physique Nucléaire, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
3
Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires Bordeaux-Gradignan, 33175 Gradignan, France
4
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
5
Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds, 14000 Caen Cedex, France
Received:
31
January
2007
Published online:
8
December
2007
The production of heavy neutron-rich nuclei is investigated using cold-fragmentation reactions. More than 25 new heavy neutron-rich nuclei were produced in the fragmentation of 208Pb projectiles at 1 A GeV impinging a beryllium target. The precise measurement of their production cross sections enables to benchmark the predictive power of different model calculations and make reliable predictions of the production rates expected in future radioactive beam facilities.
PACS: 25.70.Mn – Projectile and target fragmentation / 27.70.+q – 150 ≤ A ≤ 189 / 27.80.+w – 190 ≤ A ≤ 219
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