Eur. Phys. J. A (2011) 47: 145
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11145-9

Letter

Impact of nuclear structure on production and identification of new superheavy nuclei

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Russia

^* e-mail: adamian@theor.jinr.ru

Received: 20 September 2011
Revised: 6 October 2011
Accepted: 12 November 2011
Published online: 28 November 2011

Abstract

Using the microscopic-macroscopic approach based on the modified two-center shell model, the low-lying quasiparticle spectra, ground-state shell corrections, mass excesses and Q _α -values for even Z superheavy nuclei with 108 ≤ Z ≤ 126 are calculated and compared with available experimental data. The predicted properties of superheavy nuclei show that the next doubly magic nucleus beyond ²⁰⁸Pb is at Z ≥ 120. The perspective of using the actinide-based complete fusion reactions for production of nuclei with Z = 120 is studied for supporting future experiments.