The influence of the surprising decay properties of element 108 on search experiments for new elements

doi:10.1016/0375-9474(86)90615-9

Nuclear Physics A

Volume 447, 6 January 1986, Pages 335-346

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Abstract

Results of experiments to synthesize the heaviest elements are reported. Surprising is the high stability against fission not only of the odd and odd-odd nuclei but also of even isotopes of even elements. Alpha decay data gave an increasing stability of nuclei by shell effects up to ²⁶⁶109, the heaviest known element. Theoretically, the high stability is explained by an island of nuclei with big quadrupole and hexadecapole deformations around Z = 109 and N = 162. Future experiments will be planned to prove the island character of these heavy nuclei.

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The influence of the surprising decay properties of element 108 on search experiments for new elements

Abstract

Nucl. Phys.

At. Data and Nucl. Data Tables

Nucl. Phys.

Nucl. Instr. Meth.

Nucl. Instr. Meth.

Nucl. Phys.

At. Data and Nucl. Data Tables

JINR P 7-12054

Z. Phys.

Nuclear Fission

JETP Lett.

Phys. Rev.

GSI Annual Report 1981

Z. Phys.