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We studied multinucleon transfer processes in near barrier collisions of heavy nuclei with a goal to investigate possible population of isotopes along the N=126 shell. In particular we investigated deep inelastic transfer (DIT) reactions in the heavy collision system 64 Ni+ 207 Pb at 5.0 MeV/u using the velocity filter SHIP and its detection system (see [1]).The isotopic identification was performed via γ-decay spectroscopy in the focal plane of SHIP. All identified isotopes which were directly populated in the reaction are displayed in the chart in fig. 1. As one can see, nuclei were populated in both, neutron-deficient and neutron-rich regions relative to the stability line. From the intensities of the measured γ lines we deduced total production crosssections for the respective isotopes. As an example the obtained total cross-sections of osmium(Z=76) and platinum(Z=78) isotopes as a function of the nucleon number A are shown in fig. 2 a,b as full circles. fig. 2 a,b. Our measured crosssections and the ones in [2] differ in most cases within one order of magnitude. In both experiments no new isotopes were discovered or identified, respectively, and as well the N = 126 shell was not reached for nuclei with Z<80.It is interesting to compare the isotopic distributions and cross-sections reached in DIT reactions with those from fragmentation reactions which is presently the applied technique to produce neutron-rich isotopes in the region below Uranium. The most neutron-rich isotopes for the elements discussed here were so far reached in fragmentation reactions [3,4].The obtained cross-sections are represented by the asterisks in fig. 2 a, and DIT cross-sections are mostly within the same oder of magnitude for the isotopes discussed here and towards the neutron-rich side the DIT cross-sections even tend to exceed the fragmentation cross-sections. In the next step we compared the production yields for the observed isotopes which can be expected in DIT and fragmentation reactions (see fig.2 c,d). As one can see, the estimated yields (at the target) for the same isotopes are typically about one or more orders of magnitude higher in fragmentation reactions. This is due to the more favorable experimental conditions in fragmentation reactions concerning the product of beam intensity and target thickness. Therefore, in order to become more profitable than fragmentation reactions, the yields of DIT products have to be increased considerably. References[1] O. Beliuskina, et al., Eur. Phys. J. A 50, 161 (2014) [2] W. Krolas, at al, Nucl. Phys. A 724, 289 (2003) [3] E. Casarejos, et al, Phys. Rev. C74, 044612 (2006) [4] Teresa Kurtukian-Nieto, PhD thesis work, University of Santiage de Compostela, Spain, Januar 2007

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This work is a study of the influence of shell effects on the formation of binary fragments in damped collision. We have investigated binary reaction channels of the composite system with Z = 108 produced in the reaction 88 Sr+ 176 Yb at an energy slightly above the Bass barrier (E c.m. /E Bass = 1.03). Reaction products were detected by using the two-arm time-of-flight spectrometer CORSET at the K130 cyclotron of the Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä. The mass-energy distribution of primary binary fragments has been measured. For targetlike fragments heavier than 190 u, which correspond to a mass transfer as large as twenty nucleons or more, an enhancement of the yields is observed. This striking result can be ascribed to the proton shells at Z = 28 and 82 and implies the persistence of the shell effects in the formation of reaction fragments even for large mass transfers.

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The ground state to ground state electron-capture Q value of 159 Dy (3=2 − ) has been measured directly using the double Penning trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP. A value of 364.73( 19) keV was obtained from a measurement of the cyclotron frequency ratio of the decay parent 159 Dy and the decay daughter 159

Understanding the evolution of the nuclear charge radius is one of the long-standing challenges for nuclear theory. Recently, density functional theory calculations utilizing Fayans functionals have successfully reproduced the charge radii of a variety of exotic isotopes. However, difficulties in the isotope production have hindered testing these models in the immediate region of the nuclear chart below the heaviest self-conjugate doubly-magic nucleus 100Sn, where the near-equal number of protons (Z) and neutrons (N) lead to enhanced neutron-proton pairing. Here, we present an optical excursion into this region by crossing the N = 50 magic neutron number in the silver isotopic chain with the measurement of the charge radius of 96Ag (N = 49). The results provide a challenge for nuclear theory: calculations are unable to reproduce the pronounced discontinuity in the charge radii as one moves below N = 50. The technical advancements in this work open the N = Z region below 100Sn for further optical studies, which will lead to more comprehensive input for nuclear theory development.