Title
The influence of the surprising decay properties of element 108 on search experiments for new elements
Date Issued
06 January 1986
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Hofmann S.
Armbruster P.
Münzenberg G.
Reisdorf W.
Schmidt K.H.
Burkhard H.G.
Hessberger F.P.
Schött H.J.
Agarwal Y.K.
Berthes G.
Gollerthan U.
Folger H.
Hingmann R.
Keller J.G.
Leino M.E.
Lemmertz P.
Poppensieker K.
Quint B.
Zychor I.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
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. © 1986.
Start page
335
End page
346
Volume
447
Issue
C
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física nuclear
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-46149140946
Source
Nuclear Physics, Section A
ISSN of the container
03759474
Sources of information:
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