Comment on ``Entry Distribution, Fission Barrier, and Formation   Mechanism of 254No''
  A recent paper has reported the observation of the rotational band of 254No for spins up to I=20, showing that the compound nucleus was formed and survived fission decay at angular momenta I >= 20. We show that this survival is consistent with the leading effects of angular momentum on the barrier height. 
L.G. Moretto, L. Phair, and G.J. Wozniak