Decay of the compound nucleus179Au formed in the cold fusion reaction90Zr+89Y

Abstract

For the compound nucleus179Au formed at an excitation energy of 26 MeV in the fusion reaction90Zr+89Y, the energy spectra of promptly emitted protons,α particles andγ rays were measured in concidence with the evaporation residues. On the basis of the measured total decay energy, the 1p and 1α decay channels were separated from all other evaporation-residue channels. The energy spectra and absolute cross sections, together with previously measured excitation functions for various decay channels, are successfully described by statisticalmodel calculations with the Monte Carlo code CODEX.