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The predictions on the mode of decay of the odd-even and odd-odd isotopes of heavy and superheavy nuclei with Z = 99-129, in the range 228 \leg A \leg 336, have been done within the Coulomb and proximity potential model for deformed nuclei…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-24 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

In this paper, we carefully look at the $\alpha$ -decay half-lives of 196 even-even nuclei using a two-potential approach that is made better by taking into account an alpha particle's effective mass that changes with coordinates. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-22 Jinyu Hu , Chen Wu

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

The predictabilities of the three alpha-decay half-life formulae, the Royer GLDM, the Viola-Seaborg and the Sobiczewski-Parkhomenko formulae, have been evaluated by developing a method based on the ansatz of standard experimental…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-12-17 N. Dasgupta-Schubert , M. A. Reyes , V. A. Tamez

Nuclear decays with simultaneous emission of two alpha particles are energetically possible for a number of nuclides. Prospects of searching for such kind of decay for nuclides present in the natural isotopic composition of elements are…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-05-30 V. I. Tretyak

Nuclear pairing interaction plays a crucial role in both macroscopic-microscopic and fully macroscopic descriptions of nuclei. In the present study we discuss different pairing interactions (monopole and delta pairing forces) and the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Baran , Z. Lojewski , K. Sieja

An extensive study of $\alpha$-decay half-lives for various decay chains of isotopes of $Z$ = 120 is performed within the axially deformed relativistic mean-field (RMF) formalism by employing the NL3, NL3$^*$, and DD-ME2 parameter set. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-30 N. Biswal , Nishu Jain , Raj Kumar , A. S. Pradeep , M. Bhuyan

Systematic alpha-nucleus folding potentials are used to analyze alpha-decay half-lives of superheavy nuclei. Preformation factors of about several per cent are found for all nuclei under study. The systematic behavior of the preformation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Peter Mohr

The existence of long lived superheavy nuclei (SHN) is controlled mainly by spontaneous fission and $\alpha$-decay processes. According to microscopic nuclear theory, spherical shell effects at Z=114, 120, 126 and N=184 provide the extra…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-04-24 P. Roy Chowdhury , C. Samanta , D. N. Basu

Although Geiger-Nuttall (GN) law gives a single straight line, if we consider the experimental data of alpha particle emitters including heavy and super heavy nuclei with proton numbers as large as 118, instead of getting a single linear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-12-14 Swagatika Bhoi , Basudeb Sahu

Building on the work of E. L. Medeiros [1] and our previous study [2], we generalize the alpha-nucleus nonlocality effect to odd-A and odd-odd nuclei within the two-potential approach (TPA) framework. The coordinate-dependent parameters…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-07 Jinyu Hu , Chen Wu

In the present work, we have predicted the half-lives for the $\beta^{-}$ decay for higher forbidden unique transitions in the mass range of nuclei from A = 40-138. For these transitions, the experimental data for half-lives are not…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-18 Archana Saxena , Praveen C. Srivastava

Transfermium nuclei (101$\leq$Z$\leq$110) are investigated thoroughly to describe structural properties viz. deformation, radii, shapes, magicity, etc. as well as their probable decay chains. These properties are explored using relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-11-06 U. K. Singh , R. Sharma , P. K. Sharma , M. Kaushik , S. K. Jain , G. Saxena

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 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

The prediction of nuclear half-lives is vital for understanding nuclear stability with significant applications in astrophysics, nuclear energy, and medical physics. This study investigates the $\alpha$-decay half-lives of 154 actinide…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-18 N. Sowmya , H. C. Manjunatha , Roshini. K. N , R. S. Susheela

The non-parametric bootstrap method is used to evaluate the uncertainties of two $\alpha$ decay formulas, the universal decay law (UDL) and the new Geiger-Nuttall law (NGNL). Such a method can simultaneously obtain the uncertainty of each…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Boshuai Cai , Guangshang Chen , Jiongyu Xu , Cenxi Yuan , Chong Qi , Yuan Yao

Effects of various nuclear interaction potentials on the decay lifetimes and the turning points of the WKB action integral has been studied. The microscopic nuclear potential obtained by folding in the density distribution functions of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 D. N. Basu

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