Two-body dissipation effects on synthesis of superheavy elements

Abstract

To investigate the two-body dissipation effects on the synthesis of superheavy elements, we calculate low-energy collisions of the $N=50$ isotones (${}^{82}$Ge, ${}^{84}$Se, ${}^{86}$Kr and ${}^{88}$Sr) on ${}^{208}$Pb using the time-dependent density-matrix theory (TDDM). TDDM is an extension of the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory and can determine the time evolution of one-body and two-body density matrices. Thus TDDM describes both one-body and two-body dissipation of collective energies. It is shown that the two-body dissipation may increase fusion cross sections and enhance the synthesis of superheavy elements.

Comments: 5 pages, 2 figures