Role of different Skyrme forces and surface corrections in exotic cluster decay

We present cluster-decay studies of Ni-56* formed in heavy-ion collisions using different Skyrme forces. Our study reveals that different Skyrme forces do not alter the transfer structure of fractional yields significantly. The cluster decay half-lives of different clusters lie within +/- 10% for preformed cluster models (PCM) and +/- 15% for unified fission models (UFM).