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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 ratio of the alpha-decay widths of a bare nucleus and the related atom is calculated. Both the change of the form and thus the penetrability of the potential barrier and the effect of reflection in the classically-allowed region…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-12-04 Sergey Yu. Igashov , Yury M. Tchuvil'sky

The alpha-decay half-lives of recently synthesized superheavy nuclei (SHN) are investigated based on a unified fission model (UFM) where a new method to calculate the assault frequency of alpha-emission is used. The excellent agreement with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-28 Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo , Jianzhong Gu , Yanzhao Wang , Bangbao Peng

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

The pairing corrections, the single particle occupation numbers, are investigated within density-dependent delta interaction formalism for pairing residual interactions. The potential barrier is computed in the framework of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 M. Mirea

The zero neutrino mode of the double beta decay in heavy deformed nuclei is investigated in the framework of the pseudo SU(3) model, which has provided an accurate description of collective nuclear structure and predicted half-lives for the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Jorge G. Hirsch , O. Castaños , P. O. Hess

A series of findings in machine learning (ML) and decay theory are captured while exploring the role of deformation and preformation factors in {\alpha} decay. We provide a novel and practical paradigm for developing physics-driven machine…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-08 Ruixiong Li , Jingyu Xiao , Hongfei Zhang , Nana Ma

Theoretical decay half-lives of the heaviest odd-Z nuclei are calculated using the experimental Q value. The barriers in the quasimolecular shape path are determined within a Generalized Liquid Drop Model (GLDM) and the WKB approximation is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. F. Zhang , G. Royer

The probability of $\alpha$ particle emission for some recently observed superheavy nuclei (SHN) are investigated. The $\alpha$-decay half lives of SHN are calculated in a quantum tunneling model with density dependent M3Y (DDM3Y) effective…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-03-02 Partha Roy Chowdhury , G. Gangopadhyay , Abhijit Bhattacharyya

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

The double-beta (2$\beta$)-decay is the rarest nuclear physics process, and its experimental half-lives (T$_{1/2}$) exceed the age of the Universe from nine to fourteen orders of magnitude. Double-beta decay was observed, and its half-life…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2025-03-26 B. Pritychenko , V. I. Tretyak

Superheavy nuclei produced until now are decaying mainly by $\alpha$ emission and spontaneous fission. Calculated $\alpha$ decay half-lives are in agreement with experimental data within one order of magnitude. The discrepancy between…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-04 D. N. Poenaru , R. A. Gherghescu

In this paper, we have calculated the $\alpha$-decay half-lives of superheavy nuclei with $106 \leq Z \leq 126$ and a neutron number of $150 \leq N \leq 200$ within proximity potentials and deformed-spherical Coulomb potentials by using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-12 O. N. Ghodsi , M. Hassanzad

Bulk and decay properties, including deformation energy curves, charge mean square radii, Gamow-Teller (GT) strength distributions, and beta-decay half-lives, are studied in neutron-deficient even-even and odd-A Hg and Pt isotopes. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-11 J. M. Boillos , P. Sarriguren

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

In this paper we are able to justify the existence or no of photons emitted during $\alpha$ decay, based on the average half life times using the BCS superconductivity and superfluidity theories. The proposed model suggests two possible…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-10-27 David Verrilli , Rafael Martín

The updated data for the ground-state-to-ground-state alpha-transition half-lives in 401 nuclei and the alpha capture cross sections of 40Ca, 44Ca, 59Co, 208Pb and 209Bi are well described in the framework of the unified model for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-29 V. Yu. Denisov , O. I. Davidovskaya , I. Yu. Sedykh

Several topics concerning nuclear structure and electromagnetic interactions of heavy nuclei are reviewed. These comprehend the deformed single-particle shell model, nuclear collective motion, symmetry breaking and approximate symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-12 Alejandro Restrepo-Giraldo

We investigate the \alpha-decay of a spherical nucleus under the influence of an ultra-intense laser field for the case when the radius vector joining the center-of-masses of the \alpha-particle and the daughter is aligned with the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-07-26 Serban Misicu , Margarit Rizea

Superheavy nuclei represent the heaviest atoms and nuclides known at the limit of mass and charge. The observed superheavy nuclei are all proton-rich; they decay primarily by emitting $\alpha$ particles and fission, with a possible small…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-10 A. Ravlić , W. Nazarewicz