Synthesis of nuclei of the superheavy element 114 in reactions induced by 48Ca

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6741, 1999, Pages 242-245

  Oganesslan, Yu Ts ^a   Yeremln, A V ^a   Popeko, A G ^a   Bogomolov, S L ^a   Buklanov, G V ^a   Chelnokov, M L ^a   Cheplgin, V I ^a   Gikal, B N ^a   Gorshkov, V A ^a   Gulbekian, G G ^a   Itkls, M G ^a   Kabachenko, A P ^a   Lavrentev, A Yu ^a   Malyshev, O N ^a   Rohac, J ^a   Sagaidak, R N ^a   Hofmann, S ^b   Saro, S ^c   Glardina, G ^d   Morita, K ^e  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CURIUM; ELEMENT; ISOTOPE; LEAD; PLUTONIUM; PROTON; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033566062     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22281     Document Type: Article

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