A beachhead on the island of stability

Oganessian, Yuri Ts.; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.

doi:10.1063/PT.3.2880

A beachhead on the island of stability

Journal Article · Sat Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics Today

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2880· OSTI ID:22482528

Oganessian, Yuri Ts.; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.

Recent experiments to synthesize the heaviest elements have dramatically expanded the periodic table and the Segrè chart of nuclides.

OSTI ID:: 22482528

Journal Information:: Physics Today, Journal Name: Physics Today Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 68; ISSN 0031-9228; ISSN PHTOAD

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (24)

Nuclear masses and deformations Myers, William D.; Swiatecki, Wladyslaw J. Nuclear Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0029-5582(66)80001-9	journal	June 1966
“Shells” in deformed nuclei Strutinsky, V. M. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 122, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(68)90699-4	journal	December 1968
Some remarks on the error analysis in the case of poor statistics Schmidt, K. -H.; Sahm, C. -C.; Pielenz, K. Zeitschrift f�r Physik A Atoms and Nuclei, Vol. 316, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01415656	journal	February 1984
Nuclear masses and deformations Myers, William D.; Swiatecki, Wladyslaw J. Nuclear Physics, Vol. 81, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-5582(66)90639-0	journal	June 1966
Synthesis of a New Element with Atomic Number Z = 117 Oganessian, Yu. Ts.; Abdullin, F. Sh.; Bailey, P. D. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.142502	journal	April 2010
Nuclear systematics of the heavy elements—II Lifetimes for alpha, beta and spontaneous fission decay Viola, V. E.; Seaborg, G. T. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 28, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1902(66)80412-8	journal	March 1966
Shell stabilization of super- and hyperheavy nuclei without magic gaps Bender, M.; Nazarewicz, W.; Reinhard, P. -G. Physics Letters B, Vol. 515, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-2693(01)00863-2	journal	August 2001
Spectroscopy of Element 115 Decay Chains Rudolph, D.; Forsberg, U.; Golubev, P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 111, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.111.112502	journal	September 2013
Direct mapping of nuclear shell effects in the heaviest elements Ramirez, E. Minaya; Ackermann, D.; Blaum, K. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1406.6477	text	January 2014
Spectroscopy of element 115 decay chains Even, J.; Di Nitto, A.; Brand, H. American Physical Society https://doi.org/10.7892/boris.46181	text	January 2013
Heaviest Nuclei from ⁴⁸ Ca-induced Reactions Oganessian, Yu Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 312, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/312/8/082003	journal	September 2011
Heaviest nuclei from ⁴⁸ Ca-induced reactions Oganessian, Yuri Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 34, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/34/4/r01	journal	March 2007
Attempt to produce element 120 in the Pu 244 + Fe 58 reaction Oganessian, Yu. Ts.; Utyonkov, V. K.; Lobanov, Yu. V. Physical Review C, Vol. 79, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.79.024603	journal	February 2009
Ca 48 + Bk 249 Fusion Reaction Leading to Element Z = 117 : Long-Lived α -Decaying Db 270 and Discovery of Lr 266 Khuyagbaatar, J.; Yakushev, A.; Düllmann, Ch. E. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 112, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.112.172501	journal	May 2014
New Result in the Production and Decay of an Isotope, ²⁷⁸ 113, of the 113th Element Morita, Kosuke; Morimoto, Kouji; Kaji, Daiya Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Vol. 81, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1143/jpsj.81.103201	journal	October 2012
Production and Decay of Element 114: High Cross Sections and the New Nucleus Hs 277 Düllmann, Ch. E.; Schädel, M.; Yakushev, A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 25 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.252701	journal	June 2010
MASHA separator on the heavy ion beam for determining masses and nuclear physical properties of isotopes of heavy and superheavy elements Rodin, A. M.; Belozerov, A. V.; Vanin, D. V. Instruments and Experimental Techniques, Vol. 57, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1134/s0020441214030208	journal	July 2014
Closed shells for Z > 82 and N > 126 in a diffuse potential well Sobiczewski, A.; Gareev, F. A.; Kalinkin, B. N. Physics Letters, Vol. 22, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9163(66)91243-1	journal	September 1966
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 Oganessian, Yu. Ts.; Abdullin, F. Sh.; Alexander, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 87, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.87.054621	journal	May 2013
The reaction 48Ca + 248Cm → 296116* studied at the GSI-SHIP Hofmann, S.; Heinz, S.; Mann, R. The European Physical Journal A, Vol. 48, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2012-12062-1	journal	May 2012
Direct Mapping of Nuclear Shell Effects in the Heaviest Elements Ramirez, E. M.; Ackermann, D.; Blaum, K. Science, Vol. 337, Issue 6099 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1225636	journal	August 2012
Shell effects in nuclear masses and deformation energies Strutinsky, V. M. Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 95, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(67)90510-6	journal	April 1967
Indication of a Deeply Bound and Compact K − p p State Formed in the p p → p Λ K + Reaction at 2.85 GeV Yamazaki, T.; Maggiora, M.; Kienle, P. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.104.132502	journal	April 2010
New Result in the Production and Decay of an Isotope, 278[113], of the 113th Element Morita, Kosuke; Morimoto, Kouji; Kaji, Daiya arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1209.6431	text	January 2012

Cited By (16)

Theoretical predictions for the nucleus 118 296 Sobiczewski, A. Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.94.051302	journal	November 2016
Towards a self-consistent dynamical nuclear model Roca-Maza, X.; Niu, Y. F.; Colò, G. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 44, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/aa5669	journal	February 2017
The predictive accuracy of analytical formulas and semiclassical approaches for α decay half-lives of superheavy nuclei Zhao, T. L.; Bao, X. J.; Guo, S. Q. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 45, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/aa9fbe	journal	January 2018
α -decay chains and cluster radioactivity of ^295−299 119 and ^298−302 120 isotopes using zero- and finite-range NN interactions Ismail, M.; Adel, A. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 46, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ab1c28	journal	May 2019
Alpha half-lives calculation of superheavy nuclei with Q _α -value predictions based on the Bayesian neural network approach Rodríguez, Ubaldo Baños; Vargas, Cristofher Zuñiga; Gonçalves, Marcello Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 46, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/ab2c86	journal	October 2019
Theoretical studies on the modes of decay of superheavy nuclei Santhosh, K. P.; Nithya, C. Physical Review C, Vol. 94, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.94.054621	journal	November 2016
Exploring the production of new superheavy nuclei with proton and α -particle evaporation channels Siwek-Wilczyńska, K.; Cap, T.; Kowal, M. Physical Review C, Vol. 99, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.054603	journal	May 2019
Search for the heaviest atomic nuclei among the products from reactions of mixed-Cf with a Ca 48 beam Brewer, N. T.; Utyonkov, V. K.; Rykaczewski, K. P. Physical Review C, Vol. 98, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.98.024317	journal	August 2018
Colloquium : Superheavy elements: Oganesson and beyond Giuliani, S. A.; Matheson, Z.; Nazarewicz, W. Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 91, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.91.011001	journal	January 2019
Additional hindrance of unfavored α decay between states of different parity Seif, W. M.; Adel, A. Physical Review C, Vol. 99, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.99.044311	journal	April 2019
α decay properties of ²⁹⁶ Og within the two-potential approach Deng, Jun-Gang; Zhao, Jie-Cheng; Chen, Jiu-Long Chinese Physics C, Vol. 42, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/42/4/044102	journal	April 2018
Theoretical predictions for α -decay chains of Og 118 290 − 298 isotopes using a finite-range nucleon-nucleon interaction Ismail, M.; Adel, A. Physical Review C, Vol. 97, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.97.044301	journal	April 2018
Theoretical predictions on the decay properties of superheavy nuclei Z = 123 in the region $297 \le A \le 307$ 297 ≤ A ≤ 307 Santhosh, K. P.; Nithya, C. The European Physical Journal A, Vol. 52, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16371-y	journal	December 2016
α decay properties of ²⁹⁷ Og within the two-potential approach Deng, Jun-Gang; Cheng, Jun-Hao; Zheng, Bo Chinese Physics C, Vol. 41, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1137/41/12/124109	journal	November 2017
Exploring the chemical nature of super-heavy main-group elements by means of efficient plane-wave density-functional theory Trombach, Lukas; Ehlert, Sebastian; Grimme, Stefan Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 33 https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp02455g	journal	January 2019
Theoretical predictions for the decay chain of the nuclei Og 293 , 295 – 297 Bao, Xiao Jun; Guo, Shu Qing; Zhang, Hong Fei Physical Review C, Vol. 95, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.95.034323	journal	March 2017

Similar Records

A beachhead on the island of stability

Journal Article · Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 EST 2014 · Physics Today · OSTI ID:1337838

Discovery of element 117: Super-heavy elements and the “island of stability”

Journal Article · Tue Apr 11 20:00:00 EDT 2017 · Separation Science and Technology · OSTI ID:1408011

Karlsruhe nuclide chart - new 9. edition 2015

Conference · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · OSTI ID:22531290

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
DIAGRAMS
ISOTOPES
PERIODIC SYSTEM
STABILITY

A beachhead on the island of stability

Citation Formats

References (24)

Cited By (16)

Similar Records

Related Subjects