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View SchemaEnhanced Stability of Superheavy Nuclei due to High-Spin Isomerism
| Authors | F. R. Xu, E. G. Zhao, R. Wyss, P. M. Walker |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0404093 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0404093 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.252501 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.Lett. 92 (2004) 252501 |
Abstract
Configuration-constrained calculations of potential-energy surfaces in even-even superheavy nuclei reveal systematically the existence at low excitation energies of multi-quasiparticle states with deformed axially symmetric shapes and large angular momenta. These results indicate the prevalence of long-lived, multi-quasiparticle isomers. In a quantal system, the ground state is usually more stable than the excited states. In contrast, in superheavy nuclei the multi-qausiparticle excitations decrease the probability for both fission and $\alpha$ decay, implying enhanced stability. Hence, the systematic occurrence of multi-qausiparticle isomers may become crucial for future production and study of even heavier nuclei. The energies of multi-quasiparticle states and their $\alpha$ decays are calculated and compared to available data.
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