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Production cross sections for exotic nuclei with multinucleon transfer reactions

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The main progresses in the multinucleon transfer reactions at energies close to the Coulomb barrier are reviewed. After a short presentation of the experimental progress and theoretical progress, the predicted production cross sections for unknown neutron-rich heavy nuclei and the trans-uranium nuclei are presented.

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We warmly thank Prof. A. Arima for the encouragement on transport model on heavy ion collisions. F. S. Zhang thanks Y. Abe, S. Ayik, D. Boilley, L. W. Chen, D. Q. Fang, Z. G. Gan, S. Heinz, Y. G. Ma, J. Meng, B. A. Li, C. J. Lin, W. P. Liu, Z. Liu, W. Loveland, Z. Z. Ren, W. Q. Shen, X. D. Tang, B. Tsang, Yu. S. Tsyganov, M. Veselsky, J. S. Wang, C. Y. Wong, G. Q. Xiao, Z. G. Xiao, F. R. Xu, Y. L. Ye, W. L. Zhan, H. Q. Zhang, Y. H. Zhang, E. G. Zhao, Y. M. Zhao, S. G. Zhou, X. H. Zhou, and S. Zhu for valuable discussions on multinucleon transfer reactions. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants Nos. 11635003, 11025524, 11161130520, 11605270, 11605296, 11805015, and 11805280; the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No. 2010CB832903; the European Commission’s 7th Framework Programme (Fp7-PEOPLE- 2010-IRSES) under Grant Agreement Project No. 269131; the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 2016M600956, 2017M621035, and 2018T110069); the Beijing Postdoctoral Research Foundation (2017-zz-076); and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 2016A030310208).

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  1. The Key Laboratory of Beam Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China

    Feng-Shou Zhang & Cheng Li

  2. Beijing Radiation Center, Beijing, 100875, China

    Feng-Shou Zhang & Cheng Li

  3. Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator of Lanzhou, Lanzhou, 730000, China

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  4. Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, China

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  5. China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing, 102413, China

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Zhang, FS., Li, C., Zhu, L. et al. Production cross sections for exotic nuclei with multinucleon transfer reactions. Front. Phys. 13, 132113 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-018-0843-6

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