Synthesis and Decay Properties of the Heaviest Nuclei in 48Ca induced Reactions
Yuri Oganessian
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear ReactionsJoint Institute for Nuclear research
XII Nuclear Physics Workshop Marie and Pierre CurieSept. 21-25, 2005, Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
Tra nsura n ium E lem ens
Su perh ea vyE lem ens
Stab leE lem ens
Sp herica lSh ell
Sp herica lSh ell
2 0 8P b
2 9 811 4
Sea o f In stab ility
10 20 30 40
N eu tron nu m ber
Pro
ton
num
ber
5 0 60 70 80 90 10 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 0 17 0 18 0 19 0 20 0
13 0
12 0
11 0
10 0
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
L o g T (se c )
1 /2
2 0 8P b - ta rg e t
2 0 8 7 0P b + Z n
N eutron nu m ber
Prot
on n
umbe
r
1 0 0 11 0 12 0 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 0 17 0 18 0 19 0
12 0
11 0
10 0
90
80
70
L o g T (se c )
1 /2
14
-2
-6
6
10
R ea c tion s o f S yn thes is o f the H e av ie st N u c le i
2
cold fusion
248Cm - target
N=8
248 48Cm + Cahot fusion
Yu. Oganesyan. XII Nuclear Physics Workshop Marie and Pierre Curie Kazimierz Dolny Sept. 21-25, 2005
what are we expecting to see in the experiment unusual properties of SHE
- what we have already observed decay modes of SHE
- setting the experiments synthesis of elements 113 and 115 as an example
- Chemistry of SHE identification of atomic numbers of SHE
-reactions of the SHE synthesis key problem
- overall picture of SHE nuclear shells and stability of the SHE
- the search for surviving SHE. Prospects
Here there are two questions:
What is the fusion probability for 48Ca and actinide nuclei?
What is the survival probability of the compound nucleus with
Z=114-118 at the excitation energy E*30 MeV?
Reactions of the synthesis
fusion probability
Let us consider the fusion of the 48Са and 248Cm occurred and resulted in the formation of the compound nucleus 296116 with an excitation energy of about 40 MeV
Evidently, the dominant decay mode of such a nucleus would be fission into two fragments
Accordingly, one could attempt investigating the probability of formation of the compound nucleus by measuring its fission characteristics.
Target
238U,244Pu248Cm
F1
F248Ca
solid angle – 0.3 sr
angular resolution – 0.30
TOF-start detector
beam
position sensitivestop detectorx, y, E
mass resolution – 2 a.m.u
CORSET setup
TOF-start detector
Yu. Oganesyan. XII Nuclear Physics Workshop Marie and Pierre Curie Kazimierz Dolny Sept. 21-25, 2005
M. Itkis et al., (2002)Fragment Energy and Mass Distributions in Cold and Hot Fusion Reactions
target-likebeam-like
150
100
200
250
30048 208Ca+ Pb
50 100 150 200 250Fragment mass number
TK
E (
MeV
)
DIC
E =18 MeVx
CNfission
CN
50 100 150 200 250Fragment mass number
150
100
200
250
300
TK
E (
MeV
)
58Fe
CNfission
DIC
58 208Fe+ Pb 14 MeV
CN
50 100 150 200 250Fragment mass number
150
100
200
250
300
TK
E (
MeV
)
48 244Ca+ Pu 33 MeVCNfission
quasi-fission
DIC
CN
Z = 11 6
coldfusion
0
Potential energy surface
Z=116
Fusion probability 1 00
1 0-1
1 0-2
1 0-3
1 0-4
1 0-5
1 0-6
1 0-7
1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
pro jec tile s + P b 2 0 8
2 5 0 0Z .Z1 2
3 0 0 0
4 8 C a2 2 N e1 6 O
5 4 C r
5 0 Ti
(1 2 )0
(11 4 )
(11 2 )
2 0 8 P b
5 8 F e
6 4 N i
7 0 Z n
7 6 G e
CN
/ ca
ptur
e
Z=116
hotfusion
Fusion probability 1 00
1 0-1
1 0-2
1 0-3
1 0-4
1 0-5
1 0-6
1 0-7
1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
2 0 8
4 8
P b + p ro je c tile s h e a v ie r th a n C a
2 5 0 0Z .Z1 2
3 0 0 0
4 8 C a2 2 N e1 6 O
1 20
11 4
11 2
11 0
1 0 8
1 0 6
1 0 4
2 0 8 P b
CN
/ ca
ptur
e
A c t.- ta rg e ts + C a 4 8
11 2
11 811 4
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8
7
6
5
4
3
2
Fissi
on ba
rriers
(MeV
)
152 162
15 0 15 5 16 0 16 5 17 0 17 5 18 0 18 5 C N neu tron num ber
1 05
1 04
1 03
1 02
1 01
1 00
1 0-1
1 0-2
Cro
ss s
ecti
ons
(pb
)
h o tfu s io n
48Ca
114
114
112
112
115
116
106
106104
102104
108
110
112
112
116
114
114115
18 4
σxn= Pxn∙ Π (Γn / Γf)I ~ (Γn / Γf)x
(Γn / Γf)I ~ exp [(Bf – Bn) / T]
i=1
i=x
where Bf = BfLD + ΔEShell
0
Survival probability
the limit of theexp. sensitivity
10 0 105 110 1 15 C N pro ton nu m b er
1 05
1 04
1 03
1 02
1 01
1 00
1 0-1
1 0-2
Cro
ss s
ectio
ns (
pb)
Natural occurrence of Ca isotopes (in %):
40Ca – 96.9442Ca – 0.64743Ca – 0.13544Ca – 2.08646Ca – 0.004
48Ca – 0.187 beam tim e - 4000 h/y
beam intensity - 4 - 8 .10 /s
12
C onsum ption of m g/h 48 С а (68% ) - 0.5
Isotopes:
+U , P u , A m , C m[233 , 238 ] [242, 244] [245, 247], [249][243 ] C f Z = 112 - 118 48 C a
x 400
→ Ca5+
isotope productionhigh flux reactors
(Oak Ridge, Dimitrovgrad)
isotope enrichment 98-99%S-2 separator
(Sarov)
technology of the target preparation – 0.3 mg/cm2
Separation of super heavy nuclei and detection of their radioactive decays
now: DGFRS
150
104
108
112
116
120
124
160
electroncapture
170 180neutron number
prot
on n
umbe
r
190
103
103 10
0 beta-decay
spontaneousfission
100
103
106
109
alpha-decay
10-6
10-6
10-3
10-3
10-3
SF
208Pb+64Nicold fusion
248Cm+48Ca
what are we expecting to see in the experiment
1 5 0
1 0 4
11 0
1 2 0
1 2 5
1 6 0
-d e ca y
S F
1 7 0 1 8 0
N e u tro n n u m b e r
prot
on n
umbe
r
e v e n -o d d
1 9 0
-6
-3
3
3
3
6-3 9
E C
-6
-3
_
-d e ca y
1 0 4
11 0
11 4
1 2 0
1 2 5
prot
on n
umbe
r
e v e n -e v e n
1 5 0 1 6 0 1 7 0 1 8 0
-6
-6
-9
-6
-3
-3
-3
3
3
3
6
6
9
-3
S F
-d e ca y
_
-d e ca y
S F
SF
Theory
…and Experiment
S F
208Pb+64Ni
S F
245,248Cm+48Ca
207Pb+64Ni
S F
245Cf, 245Cm+48Ca
Cou
nts
/ 40
keV
C
ount
s / 5
MeV
C
ount
s / 5
MeV
11 .0
2 5 0
Spectra of α-particles and sum kinetic energies of fission fragments from the decay chains of Z=116 isotopes
289114
285112
293 1
16
281110
284112
288114
292 1
16
291 1
16
290 1
16
287114 286114
283112
282112280110 279110
α-particles
α-particle energy (MeV)
Total kinetic energy of fission fragments (MeV)
Fissionfragments
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
8
Q (M e V )
Log
T
(se
c)10
1 2 1 3111 09876
112Ds
114
116
118
1
3
S F
2
LogT (sec) = k Z Q (MeV) -1/2
116
114
112
110 CL ≥ 99.9%
Calculated and Experimental Log Tα v.s. Qα Relationship
for even-even Isotopes with Z = 98 - 104
- -SF
0 .1
104n
A = 2 8 8
5n[2 8 7 ]
3n[2 8 9 ]
5
0 .5
B C
Cro
ss s
ectio
ns (
pb)
1
P u -ta rg et 2 4 4
30E xcita tion energ y (M eV )4035
35
45 50 55
P u -ta rg et 2 4 2
B C
4n[2 8 6 ]
3n[2 8 7 ]
10
5
0 .5
0 .130
E xcita tion energ y (M eV )
Cro
ss s
ectio
ns (
pb)
4 0 45 50 55
1
U -ta rge t 2 3 8
B C
4n[2 8 2 ]
3n[2 8 3 ]
- -SF-S F -SFand SF
- -S F
-SFand SFSF
Isotope mass identification obtained by the measurements of the excitation functions for xn-channels
2n[288]
-SF
6.3 m s 53 m s18 m s
6.1 s 34 s
0.3 s
0.29 s 11 s
2 4 9 4 8C f + C a
2 4 5 4 8C m + C a 2 4 8 4 8C m + C a
2 3 8 4 8U + C a
1.1 s
116/290
0.4 m s
0.29 s
2.3 h
2.4 m in
2 4 2 ,2 4 4 4 8P u + C a
0.1 s
N = 163N = 16 2
2 4 2 4 8A m + C a
Number of observed decays
Z = 118 3 116 19
114 45 112 52
50%
10%
Mass variation of the target-nuclei
Excitation functions
Decay
prop
erties
Z v
aria
tion
of
the
targ
et-n
ucle
i
Z-even nuclei
what we have already observed
Synthesis of Element 115
in the Reaction:
243Am95 + 48Ca20 → 291-x115
setting the experiments
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D u bn a G as F illed R ec o il S e p a ra to r
v (A=48) = 0.11 cq = 16.5+
v (A=288) = 0.017 cq = 6.2+
D E T E C T IO N S Y S T E M O F T H E D U B N A G A S F IL L E D
R E C O IL S E PA R AT O R
S ilico n“v e to ” d e tec to r
S ilico np o s itio n se n s itiv e
d e te c to r a rra y
L o w p ressu re m u ltiw irep ro p o rtio n a l c h am b e r
p en ta n e - 1 .5 To rr
R E C O IL
T O Fd e te c to r
( l= 6 5 m m )
s ta rt
s to p
C a nb erraSem ico ndu ctors
FF
=87% from 4For -particles
For SF-fragments
=100%
Front detector:sensitive area – 50 cm2
6543210-1-2LogT (s)
-3-4-5-6
80 s E , y, tR
s tr.#3
str.#4
R
R
21 3 4 5
21
34
5S F
S F
str.#2R1
off
2
3 4
5 SF
on
y=+0.3mm +0.2 +0.7 - 0.7 mm+0.3 -0.4 mm0.0
E = 248 MeVL
E = 253 MeVL
1 0 4
11 0
11 4
1 2 0 -d e c a y
N e u tro n n u m b e r
prot
on n
umbe
r
1 s
1 m s
1 s
o d d -o d d
1 5 0 1 7 0 1 8 0 1 9 0
1 0 s9
1 0 s3
1 0 s6
_
-d e c a y
T =1.5 s1/2
Bh
Mt
111
Db
209 64Bi+ Ni
115
243 48Am+ Ca
113
111
Mt
Bh
Rf
T 1 d1/2
Db
odd-odd
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1 0 .4 6 M e V
9 .7 5 M e V
9 .7 1 M e V
1 2 5 m s
0 .6 9 s
5 .2 s
1 4 .1 4 s
1 .0 3 s
11 5
R
11 3
11 1
M t
B h
2 8 8
2 8 4
2 8 0
2 7 6
2 7 2
5
4
3
2
1
9 .0 2 M e V
0 .
2 3 .1 h
S F
D b2 6 8
2 0 5 M e V
1 0 . M e V0 0
Chemical isolation of 268Db
~20 s
June 2004
rotatingentrance window
(Ti-1.6 m)
Cu-catcher ofrecoiling atoms
rotatingAm-target
(1.2 mg/cm )243
2
He (1 tor)
48Ca-beam
12.50
Actinides Z ≤ 103
Transactinides Z ≥ 104
Nb / Ta / Db - fraction
chemistry of the SHE
4 - f is s io nfra g m e n t d e te c to r s
N b /Ta - c h e m ic a lfr a c tio n
7 8 -3 H e - n e u tro nd e te c to r
SF of Z=105 from the Nb/Ta chemical fraction
Spontaneous fission half-life of 268Db
(N=163)
0 100 200 300time (hours)
Coun
ts / 1
0 ho
urs
0.1
1
10
0 100 200 300time (hours)
Coun
ts / 1
0 ho
urs
0.1
1
10
0 100 200
T = 29 h1/2
300
15 events
time (hours)
Coun
ts / 1
0 ho
urs
0.1
1
10
T1/2 = 30h
15 events
00
50
50
100
E (
MeV
)1
E (MeV)2
E/ E
= 1
1
2
100
150
150
00
2
4
200
230 MeV
100TKE (MeV)
6
300
Cou
nts
/ 10M
eV
0
Cou
nts
0
5
1 0
1 2 3 4 5
M u lt ip le c o in c id e n ce
= 4 .2252Cf
268Db
QF ~ 280 MeV
Periodic Table of the Elements
H
1
Li
3
Be
4
Na
11
Mg
12
K
19
Ca
20
Sc
21
104
Ti
22
V
23
Cr
24
Mn
25
Fe
26
Co
27
Ni
28
Cu
29
Zn
30
1
2
3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17
18
1
2
3
4
5
6 La
La
nt-
ha
nu
m
He
2 He
liu
m
Alu
m-
inu
m
Sil
ico
n
Ph
os
p-
ho
ru
s
Su
lfu
r
Ch
lori
ne
Arg
on
Bo
ro
n
Ca
rb
on
Nit
ro
ge
n
Ox
yg
en
Flu
ori
ne
Ne
on
1 3 1 4 15 1 6 1 7 1 8
5 6 7 8 9 1 0
B
Al Si P S
ONC F
Cl Ar
Ne
7Ac
57
89 Ac
tin
ium
105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 115114 116 117 118Ru
th
er-
for
diu
m
Du
b-
niu
m
Se
ab
or
-g
ium
Bo
hr
ium
Ha
ss
ium
Me
itn
e-
riu
m
72 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 8655 56
87 88
37 38 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
31 32 33 34 35 36
Ytt
riu
m
Zir
co
niu
m-
Nio
bi
um
-
Mo
lyb
de
nu
m-
Te
ch
ne
tiu
m-
Ru
th
en
ium
-
Rh
od
ium
Pa
lla
-d
ium
Ru
bid
iu
m-
Str
on
tiu
m-
Ha
fn-
ium
Ta
nta
-lu
m
Tu
ng
-s
ten
Rh
en
-iu
m
Os
m-
ium
Irid
ium
Pla
ti-
nu
m
Go
ld
Me
rc
ury
Le
ad
Bis
mu
th
Po
lo-
niu
m
As
tati
ne
Ra
do
n
Th
all
ium
Sil
ve
r
Ca
d-
miu
m
Ind
ium
Tin
An
ti-
mo
ny
Te
llu
-r
ium
Iod
ine
Xe
no
n
Tit
an
ium
Va
na
diu
m-
Ch
ro
miu
m-
Ma
ng
an
es
e-
Iro
n
Co
ba
lt
Ca
lciu
m
Sc
an
-d
ium
Co
pp
er
Zin
c
Ga
lliu
m
Ge
rm
-a
niu
m
Ars
en
ic
Se
le-
niu
m
Bro
min
e
Kry
pto
n
Nic
ke
l
Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt
Ce
siu
m
Ba
riu
m
Fra
n-
ciu
m
Ra
diu
m
Rb Sr Y Zr MoNb Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Tc I Xe
Cs Ba Hf WTa Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Ti Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra
Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Po
tas
-s
ium
So
diu
m
Ma
gn
e-
siu
m
Lit
hiu
m
Be
ry
l-li
um
Hy
dro
-g
en
Dar
ms-
tad
tium
Ds Rg
CeLa Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er
5857 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68
Th Pa Pu Cm Es
Ce
riu
m
La
nt-
ha
nu
mA
cti
niu
m
Pr
as
eo
-d
ym
ium
Ne
od
-y
miu
m
Pro
m-
eth
ium
Ne
pt
u-
niu
m
Sa
ma
-r
ium
Eu
ro
-p
ium
Ga
do
-li
niu
m
Te
rb
ium
Dy
sp
r-
os
ium
Ho
lmiu
m
Fe
rm
ium
Tm
69
Md
Er
biu
m Yb
70Th
uli
um
Ytt
er-
biu
m
Ac
89 90 91
U
92
Np
93 94
Am
95 96 97
Bk Cf
98 99
Fm
100Th
or
ium
Pro
ta-
cti
niu
m
Ura
niu
m
Plu
to-
niu
m
Am
er
-ic
ium
Cu
riu
m
Be
rk
e-
liu
m
Ca
li-
forn
ium
Ein
st-
ein
ium
101 Me
nd
e-
lev
ium
Lu
71
No
102
Lr
103No
be
-li
um
Lu
te
-ti
um
La
wr
e-
nc
iumActinides
Lanthanides
5
Ca
20
Am
95
115
n
n
n
113111
Rg
109
Mt
107
Bh
105
Db
Gas filled recoil separator
Ch
em
ica
l is
ola
tio
n
73
Ta
41
Nb
5
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1
1 0 .8 4 M e V1 .0 m s2 27 . m m
11 62 9 0
S F1 5 711 4
M e V. m s
2 9 0. m m
11 42 8 6
2
M arch 1 , 2005 :4
31 2 9
11 .6 5 M e V 0 .4 7 m s 1 0 .4 1 M e V 2 6 .6 m m 2 . m m7 2
11 811 82 9 4 2 9 7
1 1 4
2 8 6
1 1 6
2 9 0 1 1 . 8 0 +_ 0 . 5 3 M e V
0 . 8 5 m s 1 3 . 6 6 M e V
1 7 .5 m m
1 1 81 1 8
2 9 4 2 9 7
M a r c h 1 9 , 2 0 0 5
0 7 : 4 3
S F
1 1 2
2 8 2 1 0 . 1 6 M e V
0 . 1 5 s
1 6 . 8 m m
2 0 2 ( 1 5 1 + 5 1 ) M e V
2 . 7 m s
1 6 . 9 m m
1 0 . 8 0 M e V
0 . 1 m s
1 7 . 0 m m
1
2
3
Synthesis of Element 118in 249Cf + 48Ca Reaction
S F
M arch 19 , 2002 05:28
11 .6 5 M e V 2 .5 5 m s 9 .0 m m
1 3 .2 2 M e V 8 .9 m m
2 0 7 (1 8 8 + 1 9 ) M e V5 1 6 .6 m s9 .4 m m
1 0 .7 1 +- 0 .1 8 M e V4 2 m s1 5 .1+_ 7 .3 m m
11 82 9 7
11 82 9 4
11 62 9 0
11 42 8 6
1
2
2002
2005
11629
2002 - 2004
3 n2 n
118294
118295
245Cm+48Ca
1 0 .0 2 M e V
2 6 .3 m s
0 .6 8 s
11 6
11 4
11 2
2 9 1
2 8 7
2 8 3
1
2
S F (~ 90 % )
S F (~ 30 % )
1 0 .7 4 M e V
9 7 0. M eV
5 .7 1 s
0 .2 8 s
11 0
1 0 8
2 7 9
2 7 5
3
49 .5 4 M e V
8 .5 3 M e V
0 .3 s
2 .8 0 m in1 0 42 6 7
5
6 9 .3 0 M e V
1 .8 4 hSF
1 0 .1 6 M e V
6 .2 3 m s
0 .5 5 s
11 6
11 2
2 9 0
2 8 2
1
2
1 .0 m sSF
S F (~ 60 % )
1 0 . 5 M e V811 4
2 8 6
1 0 62 7 1
242Pu+48Ca
238U+48Ca
3 n
B C
2 n 4 n
2 5
2
4
6
0
3 0 3 5
E x c i t a t i o n e n e r g y ( M e V )
4 0 4 5Yi
eld
(e
ve
ns
/ 5
.10
Ca
-b
ea
m d
os
e)
18
5 0
neutron number
111112113
114
117
115
118
116
160 162
164 166 168 170 172 174
176 178 180 182 184
152 158156154
Mt 266
Db 262 Db 263
Sg 266
Db 258Db 256 Db 260Db 257
Rf 260 Rf 261 Rf 262 Rf 263Rf 259Rf 256Rf 255 Rf 258
Bh 261 Bh 262
Rf 257
Db 261
Sg 260 Sg 261 Sg 263Sg 259
Bh 264BhHs
Ds
Sg 258
Lr 259
No 258
Lr 260
No 259
Lr 261 Lr 262
No 262No 260
Lr 258
No 257
Lr 255
No 254
Lr 254
No 253
Lr 257
No 256
Lr 256
No 255
Md 257
Fm 256
Md 258
Fm 257
Md 259 Md 260
Fm 258 Fm 259
Md 256
Fm 255
Md 253
Fm 252
Md 252
Fm 251
Md 255
Fm 254
Md 254
Fm 253
Es 255 Es 256Es 254Es 251Es 250 Es 253Es 252
Cf 255 Cf 256Cf 253Cf 250Cf 249 Cf 251 Cf 252 Cf 254
110/273110/271
111/272
CHART OF THE NUCLIDES
NoMdFmEsCf
pro
ton
n
um
ber
150
DbRfLrNoMdFmEsCf
Z = 114
108Hs 267Hs 265Hs 264
a
aa
aa
a
110/270
Hs 266
Sg 262
112/2859.1539 s
Z/A
T1/2
E (MeV)
110/269
Mt 268
EC
-
SF
112/277
110/267
MtHs 269 Hs 270
Sg 265Sg
aaa
aa
aa
aa
aa
a
aa
a aa
aaaa
108/275
110/279
106/271
112/284112/282
114/286114/28710.01
114/2889.95
116/290
115/288115/287
113/284113/283
111/280
109/276
107/272
111/279
109/257
116/29110.85 10.74
112/285
110/281
114/2899.82
9.169.54
9.30
8.53
10.00
10.4610.59
10.12
9.75
9.71
9.02
10.37
10.33
105/268
15 ms
32 ms 87 m s
6.3 m s
0.1 s
0.15 s
0.17 s
0.72 s
9.8 s
16 h
9.7 m s
0.48 s
0.1 s0.5 m s
3.6 s
0.18 s
2.4 m in
9.6 s
34 s
0.56 s 0.63 s 2.7 s0.16 s10.20
112/2834.0 s
a116/29210.6616 ms
107/217
116/29353 ms
1.8 ms118/29411.65
105/2671.2 h
10.53
9.70
104/268104/2672.3 h
48 238 249Ca + U.... Cf
208 50 70Pb + Ti.... Zn
overall picture of SHE
1 8 01 5 0 1 5 5 1 6 0 1 6 5 1 7 0 1 7 5N e u tro n n u m b e r
1 0 9
111
111
M t
Z -o d d
B h
D b
L w
11 3
11 5
1 0 7
Z = 1 0 3o d d -o d do d d - e v e n
1 5 0 1 5 5 1 6 0 1 6 5 1 7 0 1 7 5 1 8 0
8
9
1 0
11
1 2
N e u tro n n u m b e r
Alp
ha-d
ecay
ene
rgy
Q (
MeV
)
1 1 8
Z -e v e n
e v e n -ev ene v e n -o d d
Alpha-decay energy vs. neutron numberFor the isotopes of elements with Z >102
S F -sy s te m a tic o f T K E
1 4 0 0
m ass-sym .fission
m ass-asym .fission
1 6 0
1 7 0
1 8 0
1 9 0
2 0 0
2 1 0
2 2 0
2 3 0
2 4 0
2 5 0
2 6 0
1 6 0 0
Z /A2 1 /3
1 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
TK
E (
MeV
)
2 7 9 ,2 8 111 0
2 5 6 -2 6 2R f
2 4 8 -2 5 6C f2 4 2 -2 5 0C m
2 5 2 -2 5 8 ,2 62N o
2 6 2N o
2 7 1S g
2 6 8D b2 5 8N o
2 4 4 -2 6 8 ,2 54 -25 8F m
2 5 8F m2 8 611 4
2 8 2 ,2 8411 2
2 9 411 8
1 50 1 60 1 70 1 80 1 901 40
1 5
2 0
1 0
-5
-1 0
11 6
11 6
11 8
11 2
11 2
11 4
11 4
11 0
11 0
1 0 8
1 0 8
- d ecay
fa s t ch em istry ava ilab le
D efo rm edS he ll
S ph erica lS he ll
A ge o f the E arth
s ta b len u c le i
1 50 1 60 1 70 1 80 1 901 40
1 5
2 0
1 0
5
0
-5
-1 0
11 6
11 6
11 8
11 2
11 2
11 4
11 4
11 0
11 0
1 0 8
1 0 8
N eu tro n n u m b er
- d ecay
fa s t ch em istry ava ilab le
D efo rm edS he ll
S ph erica lS he ll
Log
T (
seco
nds)
A ge o f the E arthT h e o ry a n d E x p e r im e n t
s ta b len u c le i
th e e x p e r im e n ta ll im it o f th e se a rc h fo r S H E in N a tu re
108 y
105 y
1 y
1 d
the search for SHE in Cosmic rays
Yu. Oganesyan. XII Nuclear Physics Workshop Marie and Pierre Curie Kazimierz Dolny Sept. 21-25, 2005
Search for SF of natural Eka Os by detection of fission neutrons
1 SF-event per year (T1/2=109y)corresponds to the concentration:
EkaOs/Os = 5.10-15g/g
(or 10-22g/g in the terrestrial matter, or 10-16 of U)
Fréjus peakFréjus peak
ModaneModane
Entrance to the road tunnelEntrance to the road tunnel
France
Italy
the search for surviving SHE
H
1
Li
3
Be
4
Na
11
M g
12
K
19
Ca
20
Sc
21
104
Ti
22
V
23
Cr
24
M n
25
Fe
26
Co
27
Ni
28
Cu
29
Zn
30
1
2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17
18
1
2
3
4
5
6
He
B
Al Si P S
ONC F
Cl Ar
Ne
7105 106 107
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 8655 56
87 88
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
31 32 33 34 35 36
Rf Db Sg Bh
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb M o Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Tc I Xe
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re O s Ir Pt Au Hg Ti Pb Bi Po At Rn
Fr Ra
G a G e As Se Br Kr
108 109 110 111 112 113 115114 116 117 118
Hs M t
Dar
ms-
tad
tiu
m
Ds Rg
117
Periodic Table of the Elem ents
Search in NatureSearch in Nature
Chemical properties (relativistic effect)Chemical properties (relativistic effect)
Astrophysics (search for SHE in cosmic rays)Astrophysics (search for SHE in cosmic rays)
Nucleosynthesis (test of the r-s process) Nucleosynthesis (test of the r-s process)
Atomic physics (structure of SH-atoms)Atomic physics (structure of SH-atoms)
Yu. Oganessian. “Synthesis and Decay Properties of the Heaviest Nuclei”. Nilsson-2005, Lund, June 15 2005
Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions of JINR
…in February
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