A new assessment of the alleged link between element 115 and element 117 decay chains

2016/07/09 by U. Forsberg, D. Rudolph, C. Fahlander +8 · 7 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Nuclear physics research studies #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #Nuclear Physics and Applications #Physics #Element (criminal law) #Link (geometry) #Decay chain #Isotope #Nuclear physics #Heavy element #Atomic number #Atomic physics #Particle physics #Computer science #Astrophysics #Law

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.008

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Abstract

A novel rigorous statistical treatment is applied to available data (May 9, 2016) from search and spectroscopy experiments on the elements with atomic numbers Z = 115 and Z = 117 . The present analysis implies that the hitherto proposed cross-reaction link between α -decay chains associated with the isotopes 293 117 and 289 115 is highly improbable.

Citations

• Synthesis of elements 115 and 113 in the reactionAm<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>243+Ca<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>48
• Recoil-α-fission and recoil-α–α-fission events observed in the reaction 48Ca + 243Am
• Super-heavy element research
• Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic NumberZ=117
• X-Ray Identification of Element 104
• 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

Cited by

• Analysis of decay chains of superheavy nuclei produced in the 249Bk+48Ca and 243Am+48Ca reactions
• New isotope Mc<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>286 produced in the Am<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>243+Ca<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>48 reaction
• Synthesis and properties of isotopes of the transactinides
• Flerovium [wikipedia]
• Moscovium [wikipedia]
• Nihonium [wikipedia]
• Tennessine [wikipedia]

Related

• Spectroscopy of Element 115 Decay Chains
• Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic NumberZ=117
• New Result in the Production and Decay of an Isotope,278113, of the 113th Element
• Discovery of the elements with atomic numbersZ = 113, 115 and 117 (IUPAC Technical Report)
• Spectroscopy along Flerovium Decay Chains: Discovery ofDs<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>280and an Excited State inCn<mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/>282