The stability of excited superheavy nuclei (SHN) with 100 Z 134 against neutron emission and fission is investigated by using a statistical model. In particular, a systematic study of the survival probability against fission in the 1n-channel of these SHN is made. The present calculations consistently take the neutron separation energies and shell correction energies from the calculated results of the finite range droplet model which predicts an island of stability of SHN around Z = 115 and N = 179. It turns out that this island of stability persists for excited SHN in the sense that the calculated survival probabilities in the 1n-channel of excited SHN at the optimal excitation energy are maximized around Z = 115 and N = 179. This indicates that the survival probability in the 1n-channel is mainly determined by the nuclear shell effects.
XIA ChengJun1, SUN BaoXi1, ZHAO EnGuang2,3 & ZHOU ShanGui2,3 1College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Nuclear magnetic moment is highly sensitive to the underlying structure of atomic nuclei and therefore serves as a stringent test of nuclear models. The advanced nuclear structure models have been successful in analyzing many nuclear structure properties, but they still cannot provide a satisfactory description of nuclear magnetic moments. Recently attempts to summarize the present understanding on nuclear magnetic moments in both relativistic and non-relativistic theoretical models have been made. The detailed contents are covered in the issue entitled "Nuclear magnetic moments and related topics" (in Sci China Phys Mech Astron, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2011). In this paper some of the related achievements will be highlighted.
Several large-scale scientific facilities(LSSF) are running and several others are under construction in China.Recent progress made by Chinese scientists in theoretical study of nuclear physics related to these facilities is reviewed.The emphasis is put on those topics covered in the issue entitled "Special Topics on Some Theoretical Nuclear Physics Aspects Related to Large-scale Scientific Facilities"(in Sci China Ser G-Phys Mech Astron,Vol.52,No.10,2009).
The nuclear and Coulomb potentials between deformed nuclei with octupole deformations and arbitrary orientations are evaluated numerically. The effects of the octupole deformation on the potential between nuclei and the potential energy surface （PES） used in the description of the production of super-heavy nuclei （SHN） by heavy-ion fusion reactions are investigated in the di-nuclear system model. It is found that the nuclear octupole deformation significantly changes the shape of the PES, which may influence the fusion probability of the SHN. Also, PESs in the tip-belly and belly-belly cases are investigated. Finally, the quasi-fission barriers in the tip-tip and belly-belly cases are evaluated. It is found that the quasi-fission barriers of the belly-belly case are generally larger than those of the tip-tip case.
