The production and decay of 277 112 have been investigated using a gas-filled recoil ion separator in irradiations of 208 Pb targets with a 70 Zn beam at 349.5 MeV. We have observed two -decay chains that can be assigned to subsequent decays from 277 112 produced in the 208 Pb( 70 Zn,n) reaction. After emitting four consecutive -particles, both the chains terminate by spontaneous fission decays of 261 Rf, and the decay energies and decay times of both the chains obtained in the present work agree well with those reported by a group at Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Germany. The present result gives the first clear confirmation of the discovery of 277 112 and its -decay product 273 Ds reported previously.
An attempt was made to find the very neutron-rich isotope 21 B among the fragmentation of a 94A MeV 40 Ar beam. Evidence for the particle instability of 21 B was obtained. As part of the search, the production cross sections of 13 light neutron-rich nuclei with Be and Ta targets are presented and compared to previous data. A large enhancement of the production cross sections for a Ta target is shown and a clear energy dependence of the production cross sections is shown for very neutron-rich nuclei.
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