Nuclei in the "Island of Stability" of Superheavy Elements

2012/02/08 by Yu. Ts. Oganessian · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Nuclear physics research studies #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/337/1/012005

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Abstract

The observation of atomic numbers Z that are 40% larger than that of Bi, the heaviest stable element, is an impressive extension of nuclear survival. Although the super heavy nuclei (SHN) are at the limits of Coulomb stability, shell stabilization lowers the ground-state energy, creates a fission barrier, and thereby enables the SHE to exist. The fundamentals of the modern theory concerning the mass limits of nuclear matter have been experimentally verified.

Citations

• The discovery of the heaviest elements
• Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic NumberZ=117
• The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission
• Synthesis of the isotopes of elements 118 and 116 in theCf<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>249andCm<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>245+Ca<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>48fusion reactions
• Observation of the decay of292116

Cited by

• Island of stability [wikipedia]
• Periodic table [wikipedia]
• Rutherfordium [wikipedia]
• Superheavy element [wikipedia]