The concept of heavy-particle radioactivity (HPR) is changed to allow emitted particles with Z(e) > 28 from parents with Z > 110 and daughter around (208)Pb. Calculations for superheavy (SH) nuclei with Z = 104-124 are showing a trend toward shorter half-lives and larger branching ratio relative to α decay for heavier SHs. It is possible to find regions in which HPR is stronger than alpha decay. The new mass table AME11 and the theoretical KTUY05 and FRDM95 masses are used to determine the released energy. For 124 we found isotopes with half-lives in the range of ns to ps.
The half-lives against α decay of transuranium nuclei including superheavies are calculated by three methods: a semiempirical formula taking into account the magic numbers of nucleons, the analytical superasymmetric fission model, and the universal curves. The calculations based on Q values determined by using the recently published compilations of atomic masses are compared to the experimental results.
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