A beachhead on the island of stability

Oganessian, Yuri Ts.; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.

doi:10.1063/PT.3.2880

Title: A beachhead on the island of stability

Abstract

Remember learning the periodic table of elements in high school? Our chemistry teachers explained that the chemical properties of elements come from the electronic shell structure of atoms. Furthermore, our physics teachers enriched that picture of the atomic world by introducing us to isotopes and the Segrè chart of nuclides, which arranges them by proton number Z and neutron number N.

Authors:

Oganessian, Yuri Ts. ^[1]; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P. ^[2]

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: 2015-01-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1337838

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics Today

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 68; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9228

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Oganessian, Yuri Ts., and Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.. 2015.  
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  title        = {A beachhead on the island of stability},

  author       = {Oganessian, Yuri Ts. and Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.},

  abstractNote = {Remember learning the periodic table of elements in high school? Our chemistry teachers explained that the chemical properties of elements come from the electronic shell structure of atoms. Furthermore, our physics teachers enriched that picture of the atomic world by introducing us to isotopes and the Segrè chart of nuclides, which arranges them by proton number Z and neutron number N.},

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  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1337838},
  journal      = {Physics Today},

  issn         = {0031-9228},

  number       = 8,

  volume       = 68,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2015},

  month        = {1}

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Title: A beachhead on the island of stability

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Citation Formats

Shell effects in nuclear masses and deformation energies journal, April 1967

Spectroscopy of Element 115 Decay Chains journal, September 2013

Shell stabilization of super- and hyperheavy nuclei without magic gaps journal, August 2001

Some remarks on the error analysis in the case of poor statistics journal, February 1984

Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic Number Z = 117 journal, April 2010

Closed shells for Z > 82 and N > 126 in a diffuse potential well journal, September 1966

Heaviest Nuclei from 48 Ca-induced Reactions journal, September 2011

The reaction 48Ca + 248Cm → 296116* studied at the GSI-SHIP journal, May 2012

Direct Mapping of Nuclear Shell Effects in the Heaviest Elements journal, August 2012

Heaviest nuclei from 48 Ca-induced reactions journal, March 2007

Experimental studies of the 249 Bk + 48 Ca reaction including decay properties and excitation function for isotopes of element 117, and discovery of the new isotope 277 Mt journal, May 2013

Ca 48 + Bk 249 Fusion Reaction Leading to Element Z = 117 : Long-Lived α -Decaying Db 270 and Discovery of Lr 266 journal, May 2014

New Result in the Production and Decay of an Isotope, 278 113, of the 113th Element journal, October 2012

Indication of a Deeply Bound and Compact K − p p State Formed in the p p → p Λ K + Reaction at 2.85 GeV journal, April 2010

Nuclear masses and deformations journal, June 1966

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Attempt to produce element 120 in the Pu 244 + Fe 58 reaction journal, February 2009

“Shells” in deformed nuclei journal, December 1968

Nuclear systematics of the heavy elements—II Lifetimes for alpha, beta and spontaneous fission decay journal, March 1966

Nuclear masses and deformations journal, June 1966

Production and Decay of Element 114: High Cross Sections and the New Nucleus Hs 277 journal, June 2010

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α decay properties of 297 Og within the two-potential approach journal, November 2017

Additional hindrance of unfavored α decay between states of different parity journal, April 2019

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Shell effects in nuclear masses and deformation energies
journal, April 1967

Spectroscopy of Element 115 Decay Chains
journal, September 2013

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journal, August 2001

Some remarks on the error analysis in the case of poor statistics
journal, February 1984

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journal, April 2010

Closed shells for Z > 82 and N > 126 in a diffuse potential well
journal, September 1966

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The reaction 48Ca + 248Cm → 296116* studied at the GSI-SHIP
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journal, August 2012

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Experimental studies of the $^{249}$ Bk + $^{48}$ Ca reaction including decay properties and excitation function for isotopes of element 117, and discovery of the new isotope $^{277}$ Mt
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journal, June 1966

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journal, July 2014

Attempt to produce element 120 in the ${}^{244}{Pu} + {}^{58}{Fe}$ reaction
journal, February 2009

“Shells” in deformed nuclei
journal, December 1968

Nuclear systematics of the heavy elements—II Lifetimes for alpha, beta and spontaneous fission decay
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Nuclear masses and deformations
journal, June 1966

Production and Decay of Element 114: High Cross Sections and the New Nucleus ${}^{277}{Hs}$
journal, June 2010

Spectroscopy of element 115 decay chains
text, January 2013

New Result in the Production and Decay of an Isotope, 278[113], of the 113th Element
text, January 2012

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journal, May 2019

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journal, November 2017

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journal, January 2018