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Systematic study of $\mathcal{\alpha}$ decay half-lives based on Gamow--like model with a screened electrostatic barrier

Nuclear Theory 2019-05-14 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

In the present work we systematically study α\mathcal{\alpha} decay half-lives of Z>51Z>51 nuclei using the modified Gamow-like model which includes the effects of the centrifugal potential and electrostatic shielding. For the case of even-even nuclei, this model contains two adjustable parameters: the parameter aa related to the screened electrostatic barrier and the radius constant r0r_0, while for the case of odd-odd and odd-A nuclei, it is added a new parameter i.e. hindrance factor hh which is used to describe the effect of an odd-proton and/or an odd-neutron. Our calculations can well reproduce the experimental data. In addition, we use this modified Gamow-like model to predict the α\mathcal{\alpha}-decay half-lives of seven even-even nuclei with Z=120Z=120 and some un-synthesized nuclei on their α\mathcal{\alpha} decay chains.

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@article{arxiv.1905.02344,
  title  = {Systematic study of $\mathcal{\alpha}$ decay half-lives based on Gamow--like model with a screened electrostatic barrier},
  author = {Jun-Hao Cheng and Jiu-Long Chen and Jun-Gang Deng and Xi-Jun Wu and Xiao-Hua Li and Peng-Cheng Chu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.02344},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

30 pages, 6 figures. This paper has been accepted by Nuclear Physics, Section A