Advances in the production and chemistry of the heaviest elements

A Türler, V Pershina - Chemical reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
After Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev and, independently, Julius Lothar Meyer, and others
discovered the ordering principles of the elements, Mendeleev proposed the first valid …

Superheavy nuclei from 48Ca-induced reactions

YT Oganessian, VK Utyonkov - Nuclear Physics A, 2015 - Elsevier
The discovery and investigation of the new region of superheavy nuclei at the DGFRS
separator based on fusion reactions of 48 Ca with 238 U–249 Cf target nuclei are reviewed …

Chemistry of the superheavy elements

M Schädel - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The quest for superheavy elements (SHEs) is driven by the desire to find and explore one of
the extreme limits of existence of matter. These elements exist solely due to their nuclear …

The reaction 48Ca + 238U → 286112* studied at the GSI-SHIP

S Hofmann, D Ackermann, S Antalic… - The European Physical …, 2007 - Springer
The fusion reaction of 48 Ca projectiles with 238 U target nuclei was studied at the velocity
filter SHIP of GSI in Darmstadt. Two decay chains were measured, which fully confirm data …

Production and Decay of Element 114: High Cross Sections and the New Nucleus

CE Düllmann, M Schädel, A Yakushev, A Türler… - Physical Review Letters, 2010 - APS
The fusion-evaporation reaction Pu 244 (Ca 48, 3-4 n) 114 288, 289 was studied at the new
gas-filled recoil separator TASCA. Thirteen correlated decay chains were observed and …

Synthesis of superheavy elements by cold fusion

S Hofmann - Radiochimica Acta, 2011 - degruyter.com
The new elements from Z= 107 to 112 were synthesized in cold fusion reactions based on
targets of lead and bismuth. The principle physical concepts are presented which led to the …

Search for long lived heaviest nuclei beyond the valley of stability

PR Chowdhury, C Samanta, DN Basu - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2008 - APS
The existence of long lived superheavy nuclei (SHN) is controlled mainly by spontaneous
fission and α-decay processes. According to microscopic nuclear theory, spherical shell …

Probable chances of radioactive decays from superheavy nuclei within a modified generalized liquid drop model with a Q-value-dependent preformation …

KP Santhosh, TA Jose, NK Deepak - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
All possible chances of heavy-cluster emissions are predicted for even-even isotopes of 120
290–304 using the modified generalized liquid drop model with a Q-value-dependent …

Superheavy elements

S Hofmann - The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams …, 2009 - Springer
The nuclear shell model predicts that the next doubly magic shell closure beyond 208 Pb is
at a proton number Z= 114, 120, or 126 and at a neutron number N= 172 or 184. The …

Feature of production of new superheavy nuclei in actinide-based complete-fusion reactions

GG Adamian, NV Antonenko, W Scheid - The European Physical Journal …, 2009 - Springer
Within the dinuclear system model we analyse the production of unknown superheavy
nuclei in various actinide-based complete-fusion reactions. Different predictions of the …