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S.S. Ntshangase1, R.A. Bark2, D.G. Aschman8, O.M. Ndwandwe1, P.M. Davidson4, A.N. Wilson4, J.J. Lawrie2, S.M. Mullins2, E.A . Lawrie2, P. Nieminen4, T.S. Dinoko3, K. Juhasz6, A. Krasznahorkay6, M.A. Stankiewicz8, B. Nyako6, J.F. Sharpey-Schafer2, R.M. Lieder2, J. Timar6, O. Shirinda2, P. Papka5, D.G. Roux7, E.M.A. Khaleel5, S.N.T Majola1 , N. Orce3
- University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, 3886, South Africa
- iThemba Labs, P.O Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, South Africa
- University of the Western Cape, Modderdam Road, Bellville, 7535, South Africa
- Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- University of Stellenbosch, 7601 Matieland, South Africa
- Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, Hungary
- Rhodes university, South Africa
- University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
The iThemba LABS recoil detector has been used to study exotic asymmetric shapes in Po and U isotopes. In these studies other reaction products which were not expected to be observed according to PACE (Projected Angular Momentum Coupled Evaporation) calculation were strongly populated. These products are as a result of other reaction mechanisms other than complete fusion reaction. The presentation will discuss the unexpectedly observed nuclei and the proposed reaction mechanisms leading to their creation.
