Theoretical predictions for α-decay chains of Og118290298 isotopes using a finite-range nucleon-nucleon interaction

M. Ismail and A. Adel
Phys. Rev. C 97, 044301 – Published 4 April 2018

Abstract

The α-decay half-lives of the recently synthesized superheavy nuclei (SHN) are investigated by employing the density dependent cluster model. A realistic nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction with a finite-range exchange part is used to calculate the microscopic α-nucleus potential in the well-established double-folding model. The calculated potential is then implemented to find both the assault frequency and the penetration probability of the α particle by means of the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) approximation in combination with the Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition. The calculated values of α-decay half-lives of the recently synthesized Og isotopes and its decay products are in good agreement with the experimental data. Moreover, the calculated values of α-decay half-lives have been compared with those values evaluated using other theoretical models, and it was found that our theoretical values match well with their counterparts. The competition between α decay and spontaneous fission is investigated and predictions for possible decay modes for the unknown nuclei Og118290298 are presented. We studied the behavior of the α-decay half-lives of Og isotopes and their decay products as a function of the mass number of the parent nuclei. We found that the behavior of the curves is governed by proton and neutron magic numbers found from previous studies. The proton numbers Z=114, 116, 108, 106 and the neutron numbers N=172, 164, 162, 158 show some magic character. We hope that the theoretical prediction of α-decay chains provides a new perspective to experimentalists.

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  • Received 13 December 2017
  • Revised 15 February 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.044301

©2018 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Nuclear Physics

Authors & Affiliations

M. Ismail1 and A. Adel1,2,*

  • 1Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
  • 2Physics Department, College of Science, Majmaah University, Zulfi, Saudi Arabia

  • *ahmedadel@sci.cu.edu.eg; aa.ahmed@mu.edu.sa

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Vol. 97, Iss. 4 — April 2018

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