CALCULATIONS OF THE FORMATION CROSS SECTIONS FOR SYNTHESIS OF Z = 114–118 NUCLEI IN 48Ca INDUCED REACTIONS

Abstract

Calculations of the evaporation-residue cross sections for production of super-heavy elements of Z = 114–118 in hot fusion (3n and 4n) reactions induced by 48 Ca projectiles on Pu , Am , Cm and Cf targets are presented. Results of calculations are compared with the cross sections measured by Oganessian et al. in the experiments in which the Z = 114–118 elements had been discovered. Calculations were done for the ground-state masses and fission saddle-point energies of Myers and Swiatecki and Sobiczewski et al. Considerable differences in the theoretical masses result in large differences (of several orders of magnitude) in the predicted cross sections. The ground-state masses and fission barriers of Sobiczewski et al. seem to well reproduce the experimental cross sections.