1. On the stability of superheavy nuclei
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Krzysztof Pomorski, Artur Dobrowolski, Bożena Nerlo-Pomorska, Michał Warda, Johann Bartel, Zhigang Xiao, Yongjing Chen, Lile Liu, Jun-Long Tian, and Xinyue Diao
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Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Nuclear Theory ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
Potential energy surfaces of even-even superheavy nuclei are evaluated within the macroscopic-microscopic approximation. A very rapidly converging analytical Fourier-type shape parametrization is used to describe nuclear shapes throughout the periodic table, including those of fissioning nuclei. The Lublin Strasbourg Drop and another effective liquid-drop type mass formula are used to determine the macroscopic part of nuclear energy. The Yukawa-folded single-particle potential, the Strutinsky shell-correction method, and the BCS approximation for including pairing correlations are used to obtain microscopic energy corrections. The evaluated nuclear binding energies, fission-barrier heights, and Q-alpha energies show a relatively good agreement with the experimental data. A simple one-dimensional WKB model a la Swiatecki is used to estimate spontaneous fission lifetimes, while alpha-decay probabilities are obtained within a Gamow-type model., 13 pages, 19 figures
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- 2022