Non-Observation of the Production of Superheavy Nuclei in the Reaction of ^86]Kr with ²⁰⁸Pb

2002/01/22 by K. E. Gregorich, Gregorich, K. E., W. Loveland +25
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #nucl-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-ex/0201014

1 page, paper accepted for publication in PRL, will not be published

arxiv created 2002/01/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

The published claim for the discovery of element 118 is retracted.

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