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Binary and ternary cluster decay of 60Zn compound nuclei at high angular momentum, formed in the 36Ar + 24Mg reaction at E lab(36Ar) = 195 MeV, has been measured in a unique kinematic coincidence setup consisting of two large area position sensitive (x, y) gas detector telescopes with Bragg-ionization chambers (BRS). The BRS provides the opportunity to measure the reaction angles in-and out-of-plane, and through Bragg-curve spectroscopy to achieve a complete identification of the nuclear charge for different final channels. We observed very narrow out-of-plane angular correlations for two heavy fragments emitted either in purely binary events or in events with a missing mass consisting of 2 and 3α particles. These narrow correlations are interpreted as ternary fission decay from compound nuclei at high angular momenta through an elongated (hyperdeformed) shape with a very large moment of inertia. In these stretched configurations, the lighter mass in the neck region remains at rest or with very low momentum in the center of mass.
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Zherebchevsky, V.I., von Oertzen, W. & Kamanin, D.V. Collinear ternary cluster decay of hyperdeformed 60Zn at high angular momentum. Jetp Lett. 85, 136–141 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364007030022
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