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Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Aug 15;101(7):072701. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.072701. Epub 2008 Aug 11.

Fission time measurements: a new probe into superheavy element stability.

Physical review letters

M Morjean, D Jacquet, J L Charvet, A L'Hoir, M Laget, M Parlog, A Chbihi, M Chevallier, C Cohen, D Dauvergne, R Dayras, A Drouart, C Escano-Rodriguez, J D Frankland, R Kirsch, P Lautesse, L Nalpas, C Ray, C Schmitt, C Stodel, L Tassan-Got, E Testa, C Volant

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  1. GANIL, CEA-DSM, and IN2P3-CNRS, B.P. 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex, France. [email protected]

PMID: 18764526 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.072701

Abstract

Reaction mechanism analyses performed with a 4pi detector for the systems 208Pb + Ge, 238U + Ni and 238U + Ge, combined with analyses of the associated reaction time distributions, provide us with evidence for nuclei with Z=120 and 124 living longer than 10(-18) s and arising from highly excited compound nuclei. By contrast, the neutron deficient nuclei with Z=114 possibly formed in 208Pb + Ge reactions have shorter lifetimes, close to or below the sensitivity limit of the experiment.

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