Recent trends in the determination of nuclear masses

D Lunney, JM Pearson, C Thibault - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2003 - APS
The mass of the nucleus, through its binding energy, continues to be of capital importance
not only for various aspects of nuclear physics, but also for other branches of physics …

Review of even element super-heavy nuclei and search for element 120

S Hofmann, S Heinz, R Mann, J Maurer… - The European Physical …, 2016 - Springer
The reaction 54 Cr + 248 Cm was investigated at the velocity filter SHIP at GSI, Darmstadt,
with the intention to study production and decay properties of isotopes of element 120. Three …

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 …

Search for superheavy nuclei

JH Hamilton, S Hofmann… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
We describe the discoveries of new superheavy nuclei (a) with Z= 107–112 produced in
cold fusion reactions between 208Pb and 209Bi and beams of A> 50 and (b) with Z= 113 …

New results on elements 111 and 112

S Hofmann, FP Heßberger, D Ackermann… - The European Physical …, 2002 - Springer
Experiments on the synthesis and identification of the nuclei 272 111 and 277 112 were
performed in order to confirm previous results. Three additional decay chains were …

Review of metastable states in heavy nuclei

GD Dracoulis, PM Walker… - Reports on Progress in …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The structure of nuclear isomeric states is reviewed in the context of their role in
contemporary nuclear physics research. Emphasis is given to high-spin isomers in heavy …

Spontaneous fission modes and lifetimes of superheavy elements in the nuclear density functional theory

A Staszczak, A Baran, W Nazarewicz - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2013 - APS
Background: The reactions with the neutron-rich 48 Ca beam and actinide targets resulted in
the detection of new superheavy (SH) nuclides with Z= 104–118. The unambiguous …

Colloquium: Superheavy elements: Oganesson and beyond

SA Giuliani, Z Matheson, W Nazarewicz, E Olsen… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
During the last decade, six new superheavy elements were added into the seventh period of
the periodic table, with the approval of their names and symbols. This milestone was …

Shell stabilization of super-and hyperheavy nuclei without magic gaps

M Bender, W Nazarewicz, PG Reinhard - Physics Letters B, 2001 - Elsevier
Quantum stabilization of superheavy elements is quantified in terms of the shell-correction
energy. We compute the shell correction at spherical shape using self-consistent nuclear …

In-beam and decay spectroscopy of transfermium nuclei

RD Herzberg, PT Greenlees - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2008 - Elsevier
In recent years the body of experimental data on nuclei with masses A≃ 250 has increased
dramatically. Nuclei that had been out of reach for experimental studies have now become …