Dr
Pete Jones
(University of Jyväskylä)
05/04/2008, 09:00
Shell structure and stability of very heavy nuclei
Invited Presentation
A stringent test for predictive power of current nuclear structure theories is provided by the study of deformed nuclei in the region of 254No. These nuclei are the heaviest for which detailed in-beam and decay spectroscopy can be performed.
Initial in-beam measurements in the region focussed on gamma-ray spectroscopy of even-even nuclei (e.g. 252,254No, 250Fm), studying the ground-state...
Dr
Masato Asai
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
05/04/2008, 09:30
Shell structure and stability of very heavy nuclei
Invited Presentation
Gamma-ray spectroscopy of heavy-actinide and transactinide nuclei is extremely difficult because of their very small production cross sections and severe backgrounds mainly arising from fission channel. Recently, some experimental approaches have overcome these difficulties, and opened a door to detailed nuclear structure studies for such heavy nuclei. For example, unsafe Coulomb excitation...
Dr
Roderick Clark
(LBNL)
05/04/2008, 10:00
Shell structure and stability of very heavy nuclei
Presentation
The existence of superheavy elements implies that there are substantial shell effects, beyond the macroscopic liquid drop energy, which stabilize the nucleus against fission. The specific “magic” proton and neutron numbers, representing major spherical shell gaps, are a matter of considerable debate. Shell gaps can also occur when the nucleus distorts to non-spherical shapes leading to...
Prof.
Yang Sun
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
05/04/2008, 10:20
Shell structure and stability of very heavy nuclei
Presentation
Recent experimental advances have made it possible to study
spectroscopy in very heavy nuclei. It has been suggested [1] that by
studying the transfermium isotopes, in particular their excited
structure, one can gain useful information on relevant
single-particle states, which is the key to locating the anticipated
`island of stability'.
The study of rotation alignment of...
