Superheavy nuclei produced with actinides targets at RIKEN
COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited
Abstract
In the experimental program aiming to discover the 113th element produced by cold fusion reaction 209Bi(70Zn, n)278113, we succeeded to observe three decay chains in 2004, 2005 and 2012. Finally the IUPAC would give the research group the rights of naming and named "Nihonium". For the next, a new program aiming to produce further new elements 119th and 120th via hot fusion reaction was started in collaboration with RIKEN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Kyushu-Univ., Yamagata-Univ., Osaka-Univ., Niigata-Univ., Tohoku-Univ. and JAEA. The new collaboration group named "nSHE group". In order to study the hot fusion reaction with higher efficiency, new GAs filled Recoil Ion Separator GARIS-II and GARIS-III which has large acceptance were developed. High intensity Vanadium beam was developed by RIKEN Nishina-center(RNC). And rotating Cm target was also developed in collaboration with ORNL. The nSHE group started to perform the experiment for new 119th element by using 51V(248Cm, xn)299-xn119 reaction. The status of the experiment and the future plan will be presented in the workshop.
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Presenters
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Kouji Morimoto
RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan, RIKEN
Authors
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Kouji Morimoto
RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan, RIKEN