Production and decay of the heaviest odd-Z nuclei in the 249Bk + 48Ca reaction

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 580; no. 1
• Main Authors: Oganessian, Yu Ts, F Sh Abdullin, Alexander, C, Binder, J, Boll, R A, Dmitriev, S N, Ezold, J, Felker, K, Gostic, J M, Grzywacz, R K, Hamilton, J H, Henderson, R A, Itkis, M G, Miernik, K, Miller, D, Moody, K J, Polyakov, A N, Ramayya, A V, Roberto, J B, Ryabinin, M A, Rykaczewski, K P, Sagaidak, R N, Shaughnessy, D A, Shirokovsky, I V, Shumeiko, M V, Stoyer, M A, Stoyer, N J, Subbotin, V G, Sukhov, A M, Tsyganov, Yu S, Utyonkov, V K, Voinov, A A, Vostokin, G K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 09.02.2015
• Subjects: Alpha decay; Chains; Experiments; Isotopes; Nuclei; Nuclides; Physics; Projectiles

The reaction of 249Bk with 48Ca has been investigated with an aim of synthesizing and studying the decay properties of isotopes of the new element 117. The experiments were performed at five projectile energies (in two runs, in 2009-2010 and 2012) and with a total beam dose of 48Ca ions of about 9x1...