Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei 8910hc_9789814525428_tp.indd 1 13/8/13 11:33 AM May2,2013 14:6 BC:8831-ProbabilityandStatisticalTheory PST˙ws TThhiiss ppaaggee iinntteennttiioonnaallllyy lleefftt bbllaannkk Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on ICFN5 Sanibel Island, Florida, USA 4 – 10 November 2012 editors J. H. Hamilton A. V. Ramayya Vanderbilt University, USA World Scientific NEW JERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONG KONG • TAIPEI • CHENNAI 8910hc_9789814525428_tp.indd 2 13/8/13 11:33 AM Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. FISSION AND PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON-RICH NUCLEI Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on ICFN5 Copyright © 2014 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN 978-981-4525-42-8 Printed in Singapore v PROGRAM COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE International Advisory Committee Joseph H. Hamilton, (Chair), Vanderbilt University A.V. Ramayya, (Co-Chair), Vanderbilt University Juha Äystö, University of Jyväskyla Rafael J. Broda, Institute of Nuclear Physics Peter Butler, University of Liverpool Rick Casten, Yale University Lakshman Chaturvedi , Guru Ghasidas Central University Jerry D. Cole, Idaho National Laboratory Jolie Cizewski, Rutgers University Aldo Covello, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Giacomo deAngelis, INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro Raul Donangelo, Instituto de Física Amand Faessler, University of Tuebingen Sydney Gales, IPN Orsay/IN2P3-CNRS Thomas Glasmacher, Michigan State University Paulo Gomes, Universidade Federal Fluminense Walter Greiner, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Konstantin Gridnev, St. Petersburg State University Robert Grzywacz, University of Tennessee Koichi Hagino, Tohoku University Robert Haight, Los Alamos National Laboratory Franz-Josef Hambsch, EC-JRC-IRMM Sigurd Hofmann, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Mark Huyse, University of Leuven Jan Kliman, Slovak Academy of Sciences Wojciech Krolas, Institute of Nuclear Physics Karlheinz Langanke, GSI, Darmstadt vi I. Y. Lee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Yixiao Luo, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Wenchao Ma, Mississippi State University Ken-ichi Matsuyanagi, Kyoto University Witold Nazarewicz, University of Tennessee Yuri Oganessian, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Dorin Poenariu, Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics John Rasmussen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lee L. Riedinger, University of Tennessee Mark Riley, Florida State University Ernst Roeckl, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung Amit Roy, Inter-University Accelerator Centre Krzysztof Rykacewski , Oak Ridge National Laboratory Guy Savard, Argonne National Laboratory Bradley M. Sherrill, NSCL, Michigan State University Gavin Smith, University of Manchester Michael S. Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Nick Stone, University of Tennessee Gurgen Ter-Akopian, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research Cyriel Wagemans, University of Gent Michael Wiescher, University of Notre Dame Shengjiang Zhu, Tsinghua University Local Organizing Committee Jon Batchelder, Oak Ridge Associated Universities Carrol Bingham, University of Tennessee J.K. Hwang, Vanderbilt University Joseph Hamilton, Vanderbilt University Shaohua Liu, Oak Ridge Associated Universities A.V. Ramayya, Vanderbilt University Jeff Winger, Mississippi State University Ed Zganjar, Louisiana State University vii Sponsors Vanderbilt University Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research UNIRIB Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center of Excellence for Radioactive Ion Beam Studies for Stewardship Science 0 0 0 B _ G ro u p P h o to .in d d 1 7 /8 /2 0 1 3 9 :3 1 :5 1 A M ix PREFACE The Fifth International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei was held November 4-10, 2012 at Sanibel Island, Florida. The conference followed very closely the spirit set by the previous four conferences held in 1997 at Sanibel, 1999 at St. Andrews, Scotland, and 2002 and 2007 at Sanibel. With over 100 papers presented over five and one-half days, this fifth conference highlighted many exciting new insights and developments in studies of fission and neutron rich nuclei. The conference assembled many of the world’s experts in the fields of fission, properties of neutron-rich nuclei, astrophysics, radioactive ion beams, and super heavy elements, both theoretical and experimental. Speakers presented overviews and the most recent data that provide the latest insights into these fields. One session was devoted to progress and plans for major radioactive ion beam facilities in Canada, China, France, Germany Japan, Russia and the United States, and data from some of these facilities were presented in other sessions. The future of these fields is very bright as evidenced by the results presented and by the presence of many young researchers and graduate students not only as attendees but as speakers. The papers have been arranged essentially in the order of presentation in the program with the poster session papers at the end of the proceedings. Abstracts of conference talks are given in cases where full papers were not received. Color version of figures may be found online. We want to especially thank the International Advisory Committee and the Local Organizing Committee for all their diligent work. The scientific success was assured by many excellent suggestions for speakers and topics by the international advisory committee. As planning proceeded, several members of this committee took very active roles in helping to ensure that the most current and important results from all laboratories were presented and to help balance speakers and topics. In some cases, other co-authors on the paper presented their results. The conference setting, in addition to its natural beauty, provided