48Ca+249Bk Fusion Reaction Leading to Element Z=117: Long-Lived α-Decaying 270Db and Discovery of 266Lr

Khuyagbaatar, J.; Yakushev, A.; Düllmann, Ch. E.; Ackermann, D.; Andersson, L.-L.; Asai, M.; Block, M.; Boll, R. A.; Brand, H.; Cox, D. M.; Dasgupta, M.; Derkx, X.; Di Nitto, A.; Eberhardt, K.; Even, J.; Evers, M.; Fahlander, Claes; Forsberg, Ulrika; Gates, J. M.; Gharibyan, N.; Golubev, Pavel; Gregorich, K. E.; Hamilton, J. H.; Hartmann, W.; Herzberg, R.-D.; Heßberger, F. P.; Hinde, D. J.; Hoffmann, J.; Hollinger, R.; Hübner, A.; Jäger, E.; Kindler, B.; Kratz, J. V.; Krier, J.; Kurz, N.; Laatiaoui, M.; Lahiri, S.; Lang, R.; Lommel, B.; Maiti, M.; Miernik, K.; Minami, S.; Mistry, A.; Mokry, C.; Nitsche, H.; Omtvedt, J. P.; Pang, G. K.; Papadakis, P.; Renisch, D.; Roberto, J.

48Ca+249Bk Fusion Reaction Leading to Element Z=117: Long-Lived α-Decaying 270Db and Discovery of 266Lr

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Khuyagbaatar, J. ; Yakushev, A. ; Düllmann, Ch. E. ; Ackermann, D. ; Andersson, L.-L. ; Asai, M. ; Block, M. ; Boll, R. A. ; Brand, H. and Cox, D. M. , et al. (2014) In Physical Review Letters 112(17).

Abstract: The superheavy element with atomic number Z=117 was produced as an evaporation residue in the 48Ca+249Bk fusion reaction at the gas-filled recoil separator TASCA at GSI Darmstadt, Germany. The radioactive decay of evaporation residues and their α-decay products was studied using a detection setup that allowed measuring decays of single atomic nuclei with half-lives between sub-μs and a few days. Two decay chains comprising seven α decays and a spontaneous fission each were identified and are assigned to the isotope 294-117 and its decay products. A hitherto unknown α-decay branch in 270Db (Z=105) was observed, which populated the new isotope 266Lr (Z=103). The identification of the long-lived (T1/2=1.0+1.9−0.4 h) α-emitter 270Db marks an... (More); The superheavy element with atomic number Z=117 was produced as an evaporation residue in the 48Ca+249Bk fusion reaction at the gas-filled recoil separator TASCA at GSI Darmstadt, Germany. The radioactive decay of evaporation residues and their α-decay products was studied using a detection setup that allowed measuring decays of single atomic nuclei with half-lives between sub-μs and a few days. Two decay chains comprising seven α decays and a spontaneous fission each were identified and are assigned to the isotope 294-117 and its decay products. A hitherto unknown α-decay branch in 270Db (Z=105) was observed, which populated the new isotope 266Lr (Z=103). The identification of the long-lived (T1/2=1.0+1.9−0.4 h) α-emitter 270Db marks an important step towards the observation of even more long-lived nuclei of superheavy elements located on an “island of stability.” (Less)

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Khuyagbaatar, J. ; Yakushev, A. ; Düllmann, Ch. E. ; Ackermann, D. ; Andersson, L.-L. ; Asai, M. ; Block, M. ; Boll, R. A. ; Brand, H. and Cox, D. M. , et al. (More)

Khuyagbaatar, J. ; Yakushev, A. ; Düllmann, Ch. E. ; Ackermann, D. ; Andersson, L.-L. ; Asai, M. ; Block, M. ; Boll, R. A. ; Brand, H. ; Cox, D. M. ; Dasgupta, M. ; Derkx, X. ; Di Nitto, A. ; Eberhardt, K. ; Even, J. ; Evers, M. ; Fahlander, Claes ^LU ; Forsberg, Ulrika ^LU ; Gates, J. M. ; Gharibyan, N. ; Golubev, Pavel ^LU ; Gregorich, K. E. ; Hamilton, J. H. ; Hartmann, W. ; Herzberg, R.-D. ; Heßberger, F. P. ; Hinde, D. J. ; Hoffmann, J. ; Hollinger, R. ; Hübner, A. ; Jäger, E. ; Kindler, B. ; Kratz, J. V. ; Krier, J. ; Kurz, N. ; Laatiaoui, M. ; Lahiri, S. ; Lang, R. ; Lommel, B. ; Maiti, M. ; Miernik, K. ; Minami, S. ; Mistry, A. ; Mokry, C. ; Nitsche, H. ; Omtvedt, J. P. ; Pang, G. K. ; Papadakis, P. ; Renisch, D. ; Roberto, J. ; Rudolph, Dirk ^LU

; Runke, J. ; Rykaczewski, K. P. ; Sarmiento, Luis ^LU

; Schädel, M. ; Schausten, B. ; Semchenkov, A. ; Shaughnessy, D. A. ; Steinegger, P. ; Steiner, J. ; Tereshatov, E. E. ; Thörle-Pospiech, P. ; Tinschert, K. ; Torres De Heidenreich, T. ; Trautmann, N. ; Türler, A. ; Uusitalo, J. ; Ward, D. E. ; Wegrzecki, M. ; Wiehl, N. ; Van Cleve, S. M. and Yakusheva, V. (Less)

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Subatomic Physics

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superheavy elements, element 117, alpha-decay

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Physical Review Letters

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112

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17

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172501

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4 pages

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American Physical Society

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1079-7114

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.172501

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Nuclear Structure at the Limits: Isotope-selective Spectroscopy

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English

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48Ca+249Bk Fusion Reaction Leading to Element Z=117: Long-Lived α-Decaying 270Db and Discovery of 266Lr