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Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Dec 15;97(24):242501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.242501. Epub 2006 Dec 14.

Doubly magic nucleus (108)(270)Hs162.

Physical review letters

J Dvorak, W Brüchle, M Chelnokov, R Dressler, Ch E Düllmann, K Eberhardt, V Gorshkov, E Jäger, R Krücken, A Kuznetsov, Y Nagame, F Nebel, Z Novackova, Z Qin, M Schädel, B Schausten, E Schimpf, A Semchenkov, P Thörle, A Türler, M Wegrzecki, B Wierczinski, A Yakushev, A Yeremin

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  1. Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany.

PMID: 17280272 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.242501

Abstract

Theoretical calculations predict 270Hs (Z=108, N=162) to be a doubly magic deformed nucleus, decaying mainly by alpha-particle emission. In this work, based on a rapid chemical isolation of Hs isotopes produced in the 26Mg+248Cm reaction, we observed 15 genetically linked nuclear decay chains. Four chains were attributed to the new nuclide 270Hs, which decays by alpha-particle emission with Qalpha=9.02+/-0.03 MeV to 266Sg which undergoes spontaneous fission with a half-life of 444(-148)(+444) ms. A production cross section of about 3 pb was measured for 270Hs. Thus, 270Hs is the first nucleus for which experimental nuclear decay properties have become available for comparison with theoretical predictions of the N=162 shell stability.

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