Systematics of multinucleon transfer in heavy-ion reactions

One-neutron pickup reactions for 52 projectile–target combinations were analysed using a systematics between transfer cross-sections and ground-state Q-values. One-neutron pickup transfer shows a good correlation between reduced transfer cross-sections and ground-state Q-values ( $$Q_{gg}$$ ) if one separate the systems into two groups based on their $$Z_{p}Z_{t}$$ product. Also, similar kind of systematics is applied to 2n, 3n and 4n pickup transfer and a good correlation is obtained between reduced transfer cross-sections and $$Q_{gg}$$ values, where no $$Z_{p}Z_{t}$$ dependence is seen.