Study of 168Dy mass by heavy ion transfer reactions

The mass of 168Dy has been measured for the first time using the two-proton pick-up reaction 170Er(18O,20Ne) at an 18O energy of 104 MeV. The products of the reaction were detected at the focal plane of the Q3D spectrometer. The Q value of the 170Er(18O,20Ne) 168Dy reaction was found to be 4.71 ± 0.14 MeV . The mass excess of 168Dy was deduced to be −58.57 ± 0.14 MeV.