Colliding a heavy projectile with an even heavier target nucleus only occasionally produces superheavy elements. Analyses of the processes that prevent fusion suggest that projectile size is one of ...

A team of scientists has made significant progress in the ongoing quest to create new, long-lasting superheavy nuclei. These double magic nuclei, characterized by a precise number of protons and ...

Nucleus-nucleus potential (left) and barrier distribution (right) for 40 Ca + 144 Sm. In contrast to light particle induced fusion reactions, the realistic nucleus-nucleus potential is different from ...

The recent discovery of elements 113 and 115 will tell us more about the structure of the nucleus and the possible existence of the “island of stability”. The heaviest elements The periodic table of ...

There is new theory for explaining one category of LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions – what was called cold fusion.) results involving nickel as the active host; and in particular the Arata-Zhang ...

The dinuclear system model has proven to be a reliable tool for reproducing experimental results of fusion reactions. In this model, the projectile and target nuclei must overcome the Coulomb barrier ...

THE nuclear reaction produced by neutron bombardment in heavy elements can be conveniently described, according to Bohr, with the assumption that, as soon as the bombarding neutron strikes the nucleus ...