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New recent experimental $\alpha$ decay half-lives have been compared with the results obtained from previously proposed formulas depending only on the mass and charge numbers of the $\alpha$ emitter and the Q$\alpha$ value. For the heaviest…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-12-18 G. Royer , H. F. Zhang

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

The alpha decay half-lives of the recently produced isotopes of the 112, 114, 116 and 118 nuclei and decay products have been calculated in the quasi-molecular shape path using the experimental Qalpha value and a Generalized Liquid Drop…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Hongfei Zhang , Wei Zuo , Junqing Li , G. Royer

We present a microscopic model for the calculation of alpha-decay half lives employing potentials obtained from relativistic and non-relativistic self-consistent mean-field models. The nuclear and Coulomb potentials are used to obtain the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Z. A. Dupre , T. J. Buervenich

Alpha emission from a nucleus is a fundamental decay process in which the alpha particle formed inside the nucleus tunnels out through the potential barrier. We describe alpha decay of $^{212}$Po and $^{104}$Te by means of the configuration…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-10-01 R. Id Betan , W. Nazarewicz

$\alpha$ decay is one of the prominent decay modes in the nucleosynthesis of heavy and super-heavy elements synthesized at temperatures of the order of Giga Kelvin. To facilitate the investigation of the role played by the $\alpha$ decay…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-12 D. F. Rojas-Gamboa , N. G. Kelkar , O. L. Caballero

Based on Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) framework optimized via Bayesian hyperparameter tuning, we investigated the {\alpha}-decay energy and half-life of superheavy nuclei. By incorporating key nuclear structural features-including…

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

Theoretical estimates of $\alpha$-decay half lives of several nuclei in the decay from element 113 are presented. Calculations in a WKB framework using DDM3Y interaction and experimental Q-values are in good agreement with the experimental…

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

For $\alpha$ decay half-life calculations in this work, the Coulomb and proximity potential model with a new semiempirical formula for diffuseness parameter developed in previous work [Phys. Rev. C 100, 024601 (2019)] is used. The present…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-19 Omar Nagib

Four groups (even-even, even-odd, odd-even and odd-odd) of heavy and super-heavy nuclei are of interest for the synthesis of the isotopes with $Z=119, 120$. We report calculations of $\alpha$~decay half-lives using four models: AKRA…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-10 D. N. Poenaru , R. A. Gherghescu

Theoretical estimates for the lifetimes of several isotopes of heavy elements with Z=102-120 are presented by calculating the quantum mechanical tunneling probability in a WKB framework and using microscopic nucleus-nucleus potential…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-06-13 C. Samanta , P. Roy Chowdhury , D. N. Basu

A systematic study on $\alpha$-decay half-lives for the nuclei in the range $93\leq Z \leq 118$ is done by employing various versions of proximity potentials. To obtain the more reliable results, the deformation terms are included up to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-09-29 M. Hassanzad , O. N. Ghodsi

A new version of the semiempirical formula based on fission approach of alpha decay is derived, by using the optimum values of the fitting parameters determined for even-even nuclei, combined with hindrance factors for even-odd, odd-even,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 D. N. Poenaru , R. A. Gherghescu , N. Carjan

The alpha decay half-lives of recently synthesized superheavy nuclei (SHN) are calculated by applying a new approach which estimates them with the help of their neighbors based on some simple formulas. The estimated half-life values are in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-11-03 Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo , Werner Scheid

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

To synthesize new superheavy elements, the accurate prediction of nuclear masses of superheavy nuclei is essential for calculations of reaction $Q$ values, neutron separation energies and $\alpha$-decay energies, which are important for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-20 Dawei Guan , Junchen Pei

We systematically calculate the spontaneous fission half-lives for heavy and superheavy nuclei between U and Fl isotopes. The spontaneous fission process is studied within the semi-empirical WKB approximation. The potential barrier is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Xiaojun Bao , Hongfei Zhang , G. Royer , Junqing Li

Nuclear radial distance is a prerequisite for generating any alpha-decay half-life formula by taking a suitable effective potential. We study the emission process of alpha particles from an isolated quasi-bound state generated by an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-01 Swagatika Bhoi , Basudeb Sahu

The half lives are calculated for the process of $\beta^\pm$ decay and electron capture for nuclei in mass range $\sim$ 65 - 100 relevant for the core of a massive star at late burning stage of steller evolution that leads to supernova…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Debasish Majumdar , Kamales Kar