NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 46, Issue 8, 080011(2023)
Predictions of the decay properties of the superheavy nuclei 293, 294119 and 294, 295120
To date, various nuclides up to Z = 118 have been discovered and synthesized, raising the challenge of synthesizing nuclides with Z ≥ 119. Recently, the fusion-evaporation reactions
This study aims to provide quantitative predictions of the α-decay, spontaneous fission, and β-decay half-lives for the α-decay chains of 293, 294119 and 294, 295120 and to demonstrate the competition between the decay modes for these nuclei.
An improved density-dependent cluster model (DDCM+) is used to calculate the α-decay half-lives, taking the anisotropy of the surface diffuseness into account. The spontaneous fission half-lives are calculated using the Karpov formula, which is related to the fissility parameter and fission barrier height of the potential energy surface. The β-decay half-lives are determined using a finite-range droplet model (FRDM).
The predictive α-decay half-lives for the α-decay chains of 293, 294119 and 294, 295120 are obtained using the DDCM+ model, and the theoretical half-lives of the spontaneous fission and β-decay for these nuclides are also presented.
For the α-decay chains of 293, 294119 and 294, 295120, α-decay is predicted to be the dominant decay mode for most of the nuclei, while the half-lives of spontaneous fission and β-decay are predicted to be comparable to those of the α-decay near the region of A = 261. We expect that these results will serve as a useful reference for the synthesis of new isotopes in the future.
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Zhen WANG, Zhongzhou REN. Predictions of the decay properties of the superheavy nuclei 293, 294119 and 294, 295120[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2023, 46(8): 080011
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Received: Dec. 5, 2022
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Published Online: Sep. 19, 2023
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