The discovery of the heaviest elements

S Hofmann, G Münzenberg - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2000‏ - APS
The nuclear shell model predicts that the next doubly magic shell closure beyond 208 Pb is
at a proton number between Z= 114 and 126 and at a neutron number N= 184. The …

Radioactive decays at limits of nuclear stability

M Pfützner, M Karny, LV Grigorenko, K Riisager - Reviews of modern physics, 2012‏ - APS
The last decades brought impressive progress in synthesizing and studying properties of
nuclides located very far from the beta stability line. Among the most fundamental properties …

Discovery of New Isotope and Systematic High-Precision Atomic Mass Measurements of Neutron-Rich Pa-Pu Nuclei Produced via Multinucleon Transfer …

T Niwase, YX Watanabe, Y Hirayama, M Mukai… - Physical review …, 2023‏ - APS
The new isotope U 241 was synthesized and systematic atomic mass measurements of
nineteen neutron-rich Pa-Pu isotopes were performed in the multinucleon transfer reactions …

Shell structure of superheavy nuclei in self-consistent mean-field models

M Bender, K Rutz, PG Reinhard, JA Maruhn, W Greiner - Physical Review C, 1999‏ - APS
We study the extrapolation of nuclear shell structure to the region of superheavy nuclei in
self-consistent mean-field models—the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach and the relativistic …

Description of structure and properties of superheavy nuclei

A Sobiczewski, K Pomorski - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2007‏ - Elsevier
Progress in the theoretical description of superheavy nuclei (SHN) during about the last 25
years is reviewed with the main focus on their structure and properties. This quarter of …

Nuclear ground state observables and QCD scaling in a refined relativistic point coupling model

T Bürvenich, DG Madland, JA Maruhn, PG Reinhard - Physical Review C, 2002‏ - APS
We present results obtained in the calculation of nuclear ground-state properties in
relativistic Hartree approximation using a Lagrangian whose QCD-scaled coupling …

Shell corrections of superheavy nuclei in self-consistent calculations

AT Kruppa, M Bender, W Nazarewicz, PG Reinhard… - Physical Review C, 2000‏ - APS
Shell corrections to the nuclear binding energy as a measure of shell effects in superheavy
nuclei are studied within the self-consistent Skyrme-Hartree-Fock and relativistic mean-field …

Nuclear isomers in superheavy elements as step** stones towards the island of stability

RD Herzberg, PT Greenlees, PA Butler, GD Jones… - Nature, 2006‏ - nature.com
A long-standing prediction of nuclear models is the emergence of a region of long-lived, or
even stable, superheavy elements beyond the actinides. These nuclei owe their enhanced …

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 …

Isotopic dependence of fusion cross sections in reactions with heavy nuclei

GG Adamian, NV Antonenko, W Scheid - Nuclear Physics A, 2000‏ - Elsevier
The dependence of fusion cross section on the isotopic composition of colliding nuclei is
analysed within the dinuclear system concept for compound nucleus formation. Probabilities …