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Abstract
| We propose to measure, for the first time, fission of the unstable nucleus $^{230}$Ac, using the ISOLDE Solenoidal Spectrometer. While a wealth of new data on fission of unstable nuclei on the neutron-deficient side of the valley of beta stability has been obtained in recent years, this is not the case for neutron-rich fissile nuclei. Fission studies in inverse kinematics, employing (d,p$\textit{f}$) reactions, are a promising way to access such isotopes, which are interesting not only for increasing our understanding of nuclear fission, but also for investigating the role of fission in the r-process. |