Observation of new neutron-deficient isotopes with Z≥92 in multinucleon transfer reactions

H. M. Devaraja, S. Heinz, O. Beliuskina, V. Comas, S. Hofmann, C. Hornung, G. Münzenberg, K. Nishio, D. Ackermann, Y. K. Gambhir, M. Gupta, R. A. Henderson, F. P. Heßberger, J. Khuyagbaatar, B. Kindler, B. Lommel, K. J. Moody, J. Maurer, R. Mann, A. G. PopekoD. A. Shaughnessy, M. A. Stoyer, A. V. Yeremin

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Abstract

In deep inelastic multinucleon transfer reactions of 48Ca + 248Cm we observed about 100 residual nuclei with proton numbers between Z = 82 and Z = 100. Among them, there are five new neutron-deficient isotopes: 216U, 219Np, 223Am, 229Am and 233Bk. As separator for the transfer products we used the velocity filter SHIP of GSI while the isotope identification was performed via the α decay chains of the nuclei. These first results reveal that multinucleon transfer reactions together with here applied fast and sensitive separation and detection techniques are promising for the synthesis of new isotopes in the region of heaviest nuclei.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-203
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume748
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 02-09-2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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