Neutron-rich isotope production in reactions of 50Ti with natW and 238U and in fission of 238U with 13 MeV/u 20Ne☆

Abstract Isotopic yields of neutron-rich light fragments were measured at the Coulomb barrier in the reaction 50 Ti+ 238 U and compared with earlier results obtained from deeply inelastic nucleon transfer. No light fragments complementary in mass to the recently observed heavy fragments in cold massive transfer were detected. We also measured isotopic yields for nickel-to-europium products from the fission of 13 MeV/u 20 Ne + 238 U. The application of these reactions for production of neutron-rich isotopes is compared with other methods.