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Z=110--111 Elements and the Stability of Heavy and Superheavy Elements

C. L. Wu, M. Guidry, D. H. Feng

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9511037

Abstract

The recent discovery of isotopes with Z=110--111 suggests evidence for (1) a monopole--monopole interaction that does not appear explicitly in Nilsson--Strutinsky mass systematics, and (2) a competition between SU(2) and SU(3) dynamical symmetries that has been predicted for this region. Our calculations suggest that these new isotopes are near spherical, and may represent a true island of superheavy nuclei, but shifted downward in neutron number by these new physical effects.

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