In the last two decades, through technological, experimental and theoretical advances, the
situation in experimental fission studies has changed dramatically. With the use of advanced …

Quasifission competes with fusion, and can suppress the cross sections for formation of
heavy elements by orders of magnitude. Its understanding is important both to map out …

The scope of this review is to summarize the main advancements in the search of signatures
of the compound nucleus fission and quasifission processes in heavy and superheavy …

We study the quasifission barriers of different fusion reactions leading to synthesis of the
superheavy element Z= 120 using the dinuclear system approach. In particular, the …

Fission cross sections and fission fragment mass distributions were measured in the
reactions of 40 Ca+ 238 U and 48 Ca+ 238 U at energies around the Coulomb barrier …

We study the quasifission and fusion-fission lifetimes for a number of fusion reactions used
to synthesize the superheavy element Z= 120 using a statistical method within the …

Background: The formation of superheavy elements (SHEs) by fusion of two massive nuclei
is severely inhibited by the competing quasifission process. Low excitation energies favor …

In order to describe heavy-ion fusion reactions around the Coulomb barrier with an actinide
target nucleus, we propose a model which combines the coupled-channels approach and a …

We perform a systematic study of capture excitation functions by using an empirical coupled-
channel (ECC) model. In this model, a barrier distribution is used to take effectively into …

Background: The fusion-evaporation reaction at energies around the Coulomb barrier is
presently the only way to produce the heaviest elements. However, formation of evaporation …