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α Decay of High-K Isomers in 270Ds and 266Hs in a Superfluid Tunneling Model

Clark, R. M. and Rudolph, Dirk LU orcid (2018) In Physical Review C 97(2).
Abstract
We use the superfluid tunneling model (STM) to calculate the half-lives of ground-state α decays of even-even superheavy nuclei (SHN) with Z≥100. The experimental data are reproduced to accuracies comparable to other contemporary models of α decay of SHN. We apply the STM to the case of the α decaying high-K isomers identified in the decay chains of 270Ds. By accounting for the α-decay Q values, Qα, the angular momentum difference between initial and final states, L, and a reduction in the pairing gap, Δ, we are able to reproduce the observed α decay of the isomers, including the unusual competition between L≈10 and L≈0 α branches seen for the K isomer in 270Ds... (More)
We use the superfluid tunneling model (STM) to calculate the half-lives of ground-state α decays of even-even superheavy nuclei (SHN) with Z≥100. The experimental data are reproduced to accuracies comparable to other contemporary models of α decay of SHN. We apply the STM to the case of the α decaying high-K isomers identified in the decay chains of 270Ds. By accounting for the α-decay Q values, Qα, the angular momentum difference between initial and final states, L, and a reduction in the pairing gap, Δ, we are able to reproduce the observed α decay of the isomers, including the unusual competition between L≈10 and L≈0 α branches seen for the K isomer in 270Ds (Z=110). (Less)
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alpha decay, isomer decays, lifetimes & widths, nuclear structure and decays, superheavy elements
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Physical Review C
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97
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2
article number
024333
pages
6 pages
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American Physical Society
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2469-9985
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevC.97.024333
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Characterization of New Superheavy Elements
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English
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  author       = {{Clark, R. M. and Rudolph, Dirk}},
  issn         = {{2469-9985}},
  keywords     = {{alpha decay; isomer decays; lifetimes & widths; nuclear structure and decays; superheavy elements}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  number       = {{2}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review C}},
  title        = {{α Decay of High-<i>K</i> Isomers in <sup>270</sup>Ds and <sup>266</sup>Hs in a Superfluid Tunneling Model}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/39454266/PhysRevC.97.024333.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevC.97.024333}},
  volume       = {{97}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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