New short-lived isotope 223Np and the absence of the Z = 92 subshell closure near N = 126

The N=130 short-lived isotope 223Np was produced as evaporation residue (ER) in the fusion reaction 40Ar + 187Re at the gas-filled recoil separator Spectrometer for Heavy Atom and Nuclear Structure (SHANS). It was identified through temporal and spatial correlations with α decays of 215Ac and/or 211...

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Main Authors: M.D. Sun, Z. Liu, T.H. Huang, W.Q. Zhang, J.G. Wang, X.Y. Liu, B. Ding, Z.G. Gan, L. Ma, H.B. Yang, Z.Y. Zhang, L. Yu, J. Jiang, K.L. Wang, Y.S. Wang, M.L. Liu, Z.H. Li, J. Li, X. Wang, H.Y. Lu, C.J. Lin, L.J. Sun, N.R. Ma, C.X. Yuan, W. Zuo, H.S. Xu, X.H. Zhou, G.Q. Xiao, C. Qi, F.S. Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269317302654