Fission and quasifission toward the superheavy mass region

The pathway toward the production of superheavy elements (SHE) crosses with the one of an in-depth study of the fission and quasifission processes. Quasifission affects the probability of forming a compound nucleus (CN) after capture and fission plays a decisive role during the cooling of the CN. To search for optimal reactions to produce SHE in fusion reactions and to provide an estimate of their production cross section measurements of the capture and fusion cross sections along with the survival probabilities are a mandatory task. Here an overview of the impact of fission and quasifission over the synthesis of SHE is discussed along with the need to perform measurements over a wide range of masses and energies.