Systematic study of alpha-decay of super-heavy isotopes with Z = 120–126

Abstract

Alpha-decay half-lives of the even–even superheavy isotopes with proton numbers [Formula: see text] have been calculated within the cluster model. The alpha-daughter potential was constructed by employing the density-dependent double-folding model with a realistic nucleon–nucleon interaction whose exchange part has a finite range approximation. The half-lives were calculated using Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin (WKB) approximation with the alpha preformation factor. The results have shown that the computed alpha-decay half-lives were in good agreement with their counterpart calculated by different semi-empirical approaches. The obtained results have also shown a negative linear relationship between the logarithm of the preformation factor and the fragmentation potential for the understudy isotopes. Also, the calculated results have shown that isotopes [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] had longer half-lives than their adjacent isotopes, which indicates that the corresponding neutron or proton numbers have a magical or semi-magical properties. Furthermore, we have studied the competition between alpha-decay and spontaneous fission to predict possible decay modes from the even–even isotopes [Formula: see text]. The results revealed that the isotopes [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] had alpha-decay as a predominant mode of decay and the nuclei [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] could not survive from the spontaneous fission. We hope that the theoretical prediction could be helpful for future investigation in this field.

Predictions of the alpha-decay half-lives of even–even superheavy nuclei using modified Gamow-like model

“…Although nuclei with Z 118 have been obtained in the laboratory, nuclei with Z > 118are yet to be experimentally synthesized [33]. As a result, there have been theoretical α-decay studies carried out on unmeasured SHN with Z > 118 to predict their half-lives [31,[33][34][35][36].…”