Walt Loveland, et. al, recently published a paper in Physical Review Letters.\u00a0 As part of the publication and promotion, Physical Review Letters, requested a short summary of the article be written in layman’s terms.\u00a0 Below is that summary:<\/p>\n
OSU Scientists Explain Synthesis of New Chemical Elements<\/strong> The heaviest elements have been produced by hot fusion reactions at unexpectedly high rates.\u00a0 The authors have measured the survival probability of one of these nuclei, 274Hs, at high excitation energy, finding a unusually high survival and have shown that survival is due to dissipative effects during de-excitation. These dissipative effects decrease the probability of fission occurring in these nuclei and thus increase their survival.\u00a0 This finding helps explain the paradox of hot fusion reactions that make nuclei at high excitation energies (where the effect of nuclear shell structure is “washed out”,\u00a0 and the apparent stabilizing effects of “the island of stability”\u00a0 in these synthetic reactions.<\/p>\n Congratulations all!<\/p>\n Please stay tuned for links to the article!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Walt Loveland, et. al, recently published a paper in Physical Review Letters.\u00a0 As part of the publication and promotion, Physical Review Letters, requested a short summary of the article be written in layman’s terms.\u00a0 Below is that summary: OSU Scientists Explain Synthesis of New Chemical Elements Exploring the limits of existence of the chemical elements… Continue reading
\nExploring the limits of existence of the chemical elements is a driving force for chemists and physicists. OSU scientists (Yanez et al.) have reported (in Physical Review Letters) an important step in understanding
\nthe production of the heaviest chemical elements and their survival.\u00a0 Their novel approach, data and interpretation are ” of key importance for a better understanding”,\u00a0 of the synthesis reactions.<\/p>\n