Ways to produce new superheavy isotopes with Z = 111–117 in charged particle evaporation channels

2016/11/09 by Juhee Hong, G. G. Adamian, N. V. Antonenko · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Atomic physics #Charge (physics) #Evaporation #Excitation #Isotope #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Particle (ecology) #Particle physics #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.11.002

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Abstract

The excitation functions of the production of new heaviest isotopes of superheavy nuclei with charge numbers 111–117 in the pxn and αxn evaporation channels of the 48Ca-induced hot fusion reactions are predicted for the first time for future experiments.

Citations

• The discovery of the heaviest elements
• Closed shells for Z > 82 and N > 126 in a diffuse potential well
• Formation of superheavy nuclei in cold fusion reactions
• Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic NumberZ=117
• Self-consistent mean-field models for nuclear structure
• Isotopic dependence of fusion cross sections in reactions with heavy nuclei
• Chemical characterization of element 112
• Stability of heavy and superheavy elements
• Relativistic Continuum Hartree Bogoliubov Theory for Ground State Properties of Exotic Nuclei
• Heaviest nuclei from48Ca-induced reactions
• Experimental studies of the<mml:mrow/>249Bk + <mml:mrow/>48Ca reaction including decay properties and excitation function for isotopes of element 117, and discovery of the new isotope<mml:mrow/>277Mt
• Review of even element super-heavy nuclei and search for element 120
• 48Ca+249Bk fusion reaction leading to element Z = 117: long-lived α-decaying 270Db and discovery of 266Lr.

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