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In this work, a microscopic effective nucleon-nucleon interaction based on the Dirac-Brueckner-Hartree-Fock $G$ matrix starting from a bare nucleon-nucleon interaction is used to explore the $\alpha$-decay half-lives of the nuclei near…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-12 Jing Li , Shan He , Yueqing Li , Weiwei Wang , Yanzhao Wang , Jianzhong Gu

Systematic study on {\alpha}-decay fine structure is presented for the first time in the case of odd-even nuclei in the range 83 \leq Z \leq 101. The model used for the study is the recently proposed Coulomb and proximity potential model…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 K. P. Santhosh , Jayesh George Joseph , B. Priyanka

The preformation factor quantifies the probability of {\alpha} particles preforming on the surface of the parent nucleus in decay theory and is closely related to the study of {\alpha} clustering structure. In this work, a multilayer…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-04 Jiaqi Luo , Yang Xu , Xiaolong Li , Junxiang Wang , Yangjie Zhang , Jungang Deng , Fang Zhang , Nana Ma

Recently synthesis of superheavy nuclei has been achieved in hot fusion reactions. A systematic theoretical calculation of alpha decay half-lives in this region of the periodic system, may be useful in the identification of new nuclei in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-15 Frank Bello , Javier Aguilera , Oscar Rodríguez

We select 300 different parent nuclei in the range Z from 64 to 106. The proximity potentials Zhang 2013 and Guo 2013 are employed to calculate the nuclear potential. The influence of the nuclear surface diffuseness is applied in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-25 S. Mohammadi , R. Gharaei , S. A. Alavi

The modes of decay for the even-even isotopes of superheavy nuclei of Z = 118 and 120 with neutron number $160 \leq N \leq 204$ are investigated in the framework of the axially deformed relativistic mean field model. The asymmetry parameter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-15 M. Bhuyan , B. V. Carlson

The $\mathcal{\alpha}$ decay half-life of unknown nucleus $^{297}$Og is predicted within two-potential approach, and $\mathcal{\alpha}$ preformation probabilities of 64 odd-$A$ nuclei in the region of proton numbers $82<Z<126$ and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-02 Jun-Gang Deng , Jun-Hao Cheng , Bo Zheng , Xiao-Hua Li

The $\alpha$-decay chain of $^{293}$118, first proposed in the Berkeley cold fusion experiment $^{208}$Pb($^{86}$Kr,1n) and now retracted, is calculated by using the preformed cluster model (PCM) of one of us (RKG). Also, the possible…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-11-09 Raj K. Gupta , Sushil Kumar , Rajesh Kumar , M. Balasubramaniam , W. Scheid

We present a microscopic calculation of $\alpha$-cluster formation in heavy nuclei $^{104}$Te ($\alpha$+$^{100}$Sn), $^{212}$Po ($\alpha$+$^{208}$Pb) and their neighbors $^{102}$Sn, $^{102}$Te, $^{210}$Pb and $^{210}$Po by using the…

Properties of intermediate mass nuclei have been investigated within the framework of the alpha-cluster model in combination with systematic double-folding potentials. Previously, this alpha-cluster model has been widely applied to light…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-03-21 Peter Mohr

Heavy atomic nuclei have an excess of neutrons over protons, which leads to the formation of a neutron skin whose thickness is sensitive to details of the nuclear force. This links atomic nuclei to properties of neutron stars, thereby…

The simultaneous emission of two $\alpha$ particles--double-$\alpha$ decay--represents a long-predicted but unobserved mode of nuclear radioactivity. Here we formulate this process as a genuine three-body problem within the hyperspherical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-11 Shulin Tang , Tao Wan , Yibin Qian , Chong Qi , Ramon A. Wyss , Roberto J. Liotta , Dong Bai , Bo Zhou , Zhongzhou Ren

The barriers standing against the formation of superheavy elements and their consecutive $\alpha$ decay have been determined in the quasimolecular shape path within a Generalized Liquid Drop Model including the proximity effects between…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 G. Royer , K. Zbiri , C. Bonilla

A systematic study on the alpha decay half lives of various isotopes of superheavy element \textit{Z} = 121 within the range 290 $\leq$ A $\leq$ 339 is presented for the first time using Coulomb and proximity potential model for deformed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-22 K. P. Santhosh , C. Nithya

$\alpha$ decay is an important probe for studying the structure of heavy and superheavy nuclei, in which the $\alpha$-particle preformation ($P_{\alpha}$) is a key physical quantity for describing decay half-lives. This work develops a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-10 Xiao-Yan Zhu , Heng-Jian Si-Tu , Hao Zhang , Wei Gao , Wen-Bin Lin , Xiao-Hua Li

The feasibility for the alpha decay and the heavy particle decay from the even-even superheavy (SH) nuclei with Z = 116-124 have been studied within the Coulomb and proximity potential model (CPPM). The Universal formula for cluster decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 K. P. Santhosh , B. Priyanka

We systematically study the competition between {\alpha}-decay and spontaneous fission in even-even superheavy nuclei with (Z=120) and 256 \leq A \leq 304 within the preformed cluster-decay model using microscopic inputs from relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-30 Nishu Jain , M. Bhuyan , P. Mohr , Raj Kumar

Theoretical estimates for the half lives of about 1700 isotopes of heavy elements with Z from 100 to 130 are tabulated using theoretical Q-values. The quantum mechanical tunneling probabilities are calculated within a WKB framework using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Roy Chowdhury , C. Samanta , D. N. Basu

A high precision method to determine fusion in the capture of $\alpha$-particles by nuclei is presented. For $\alpha$-capture by $^{40}{\rm Ca}$ and $^{44}{\rm Ca}$, such an approach gives (1) the parameters of the $\alpha$--nucleus…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-04-21 Sergei P. Maydanyuk , Peng-Ming Zhang , Sergei V. Belchikov

We study the important for the experiment features of the effect of the electron shell on alpha decay in the adiabatic approach. The effect is of tenths of a percent or less in magnitude, depending on the transition energy and the atomic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Feodor F. Karpeshin , Malvina B. Trzhaskovskaya