RETRACTED: Observation of superheavy nuclei produced in the reaction of 86Kr with 208Pb (Retracted Article)

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作者
Ninov, V
Gregorich, KE
Loveland, W
Ghiorso, A
Hoffman, DC
Lee, DM
Nitsche, H
Swiatecki, WJ
Kirbach, UW
Laue, CA
Adams, JL
Patin, JB
Shaughnessy, DA
Strellis, DA
Wilk, PA
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Div Nucl Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Oregon State Univ, Dept Chem, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Chem, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1104
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
Following a prediction by Smolanczuk [Phys. Rev. C 59, 2634 (1999)], we searched for superheavy element formation in the bombardment of Pb-208 With 449-Mev Kr-86 ions. We have observed three decay chains, each consisting of an implanted heavy atom and six subsequent alpha decays, correlated in time and position. In these decay chains, a rapid (ms) sequence of high energy alpha particles (E-alpha greater than or equal to 10 MeV) indicates the decay of a new high-Z element. The observed chains are consistent with the formation of (293)118 and its decay by sequential alpha-particle emission to (289)116, (285)114, (281)112, (277)110, (273)Hs (Z = 108) and (269)Sg (Z = 106). The production cross section is 2.2(-0.8)(+2.6) pb.
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