Smashing Gold on Gold: Producing and Identifying Trans-Target Multinucleon Transfer Products

A. Hood; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar; Mohammad Barzegar

Smashing Gold on Gold: Producing and Identifying Trans-Target Multinucleon Transfer Products

ORAL

Abstract

Multinucleon transfer (MNT) reactions may offer a way to produce new neutron-rich isotopes of known and yet-to-be discovered elements in the heavy and super-heavy mass regimes. Despite decades of study, many open questions remain about MNT reactions. For example, the mechanisms of multinucleon transfers in low-energy collisions of very heavy ions are not well understood. Experimental data are imperative to verify and refine theoretical models. We plan to use an active catcher array to study short-lived trans-target MNT products of the reaction $^{197}$Au + $^{197}$Au, with a pulsed beam. These products, which result from a transfer of $\Delta Z = 9-11$ protons and $\Delta N = 14$ neutrons, undergo three rapid $\alpha$-decays. To identify these products, we will perform a search of single digitized waveforms for correlated $\alpha$-decays of parent and daughter nuclei, thereby establishing decay chains.

April 9, 2021, 7:36 PM – April 9, 2021, 7:48 PM

Authors

A. Hood

Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Mohammad Barzegar

Vanderbilt University, Rowan University, California State University (retired), University of North Texas, Michigan Technological University, Texas A&M University, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, Rice University, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A\&M University, College Station, TX 77843, 2020 National PhysTEC Teacher of the Year, Fresno State Physics Department, University of Texas at Arlington, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University, Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Miami, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi