Transfer induced fission of heavy radioactive beams

Transfer induced fission is proposed as a tool to study low energy fission of exotic heavy nuclei. Fission cross sections in transfer reactions calculated for the radioactive beams show strong sensitivity to fission barrier height and thus offer possibility to determine it in experiment. The long lasting question concerning the fission barrier heigth as a parameter of statistical calculations, relevant e.g. for production of super-heavy nuclei, can be addressed. Depending on determined fission barriers and corresponding fission rates, transfer induced fission will offer a more general tool to study the low energy fission of heavy exotic nuclei at the ISOLDE. Complementary to fission studies, spectroscopic investigations can be carried out for the most prominent transfer reactions products.