Published August 1, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

α-decay half-lives of ground and isomeric states calculated in a unified theoretical framework

  • 1. Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008 (China)
  • 2. Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy-Ion Accelerator, Lanzhou 730000 (China)

Description

The effective liquid drop model with only two parameters is generalized to describe the half-lives of α-transitions from ground states to ground states, from isomeric states to ground states, and from isomeric states to isomeric states. In numerical calculations, we use the combination of a constant mass asymmetry shape description for the mass transfer and the effective inertia coefficient. The calculated favoured α-decay half-lives of both ground states and isomeric states are in good agreement with the experimental data. By taking into account the effect of a centrifugal potential barrier in the model, we calculate the unfavoured α-decay half-lives of the isomers in the superheavy region and reach reasonable agreement with the experimental data. Above results show that the effective liquid drop model is very efficient to calculate the α-decay half-lives of both the ground states and isomeric states

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/31/959/g5_8_024.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 959-970
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED

Conference

Title
International workshop on nuclear forces and the quantum many-body problem
Dates
4-8 Oct 2004
Place
Seattle, WA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36109479
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA DECAY; ASYMMETRY; GROUND STATES; HALF-LIFE; ISOMERIC NUCLEI; LIQUID DROP MODEL; MASS TRANSFER; MOMENT OF INERTIA; POTENTIALS
Descriptors DEC
DECAY; ENERGY LEVELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR MODELS; NUCLEI