Measurement of mass-angle and mass-total kinetic energy distributions from the fission of 190Pt compound nucleus

Abstract

We have measured the fission fragment mass-angle and mass-total kinetic energy (TKE) distributions for the neutron-deficient 190Pt compound nucleus (CN) populated via 12C + 178Hf reaction, at around and above barrier energies. No mass-angle correlation was observed in the fission of 190Pt signifying the absence of quasi-fission events in the studied reaction. The observed mass-TKE distributions have expected triangular shape and TKE distributions are well described with the single Gaussian fits, and mean TKE shows parabolic dependence on fragment mass as predicted based on liquid drop fission behaviour. The widths of measured TKE distributions agree well with the observed systematics for CN fission in this mass region. Though the CN is relatively neutron deficient, these observations suggest a clear picture of true CN fission behaviour for the chosen reaction in the studied energy domain.