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03-5-1130-2017/2021
Priority:1
Status: In-progress

Synthesis and Properties of Superheavy Elements,
Structure of Nuclei at the Limits of Nucleon Stability


Leader:     M.G. Itkis
Scientific leader:                Yu.Ts. Oganessian


Participating Countries and International Organizations:
Belgium, Bulgaria, CERN, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Egypt, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Vietnam.

Scientific Programme:
Synthesis and investigation of the properties of nuclei at stability limits. Investigation of the mechanisms of heavy-ion-induced reactions. Study of physical and chemical properties of heavy and superheavy elements.

Main results expected in 2018:
  • Conducting of first experiments on the synthesis of SHE isotopes in reactions with 50Ti: 244Pu+ 50Ti.

  • Search for rare reaction channels with evaporation of charged particles, studies of the decay properties of the Rf and Sg isotopes using the separator SHELS + GABRIELA. Implementation of experiments on measurement of the multiplicity of prompt neutrons from the spontaneous fission of the Rf and Sg isotopes. Preparation of an experiment on the spectroscopy of the 288Mc isotope and the daughter products of its decay.

  • Conducting of experiments on the study of chemical properties of element 113. Conducting of experiments on the study of Cn and Fl selenides.

  • Measurement of the cross sections of xn channels for complete fusion reactions 40Ar+ 144Sm, 40Ar+ 164Er, 40Ca+ 144Nd, and 48Ca+ 142Nd.

  • Production and study of the properties of new neutron-rich heavy nuclei in binary multi-nucleon transfer processes, quasi-fission and fast fission. Investigation of the mass-energy distributions of fragments produced in the reactions 16,18O + 232Th, 238U, 242Pu, and 48Ca + 154Sm. Study of the multi-body decays of low-excited heavy nuclei. Study of multicluster decay of heavy and superheavy nuclei. Development of physical setups.

  • Investigation of the structure of the exotic nuclei 5,7Н, 11Be, and 23Si using radioactive beams at the ACCULINNA-1 and ACCULINNA-2 setups.

  • Selection of optimal reactions for the production of beams of light nuclei ( 6-8Не, 9,11Li, 8В, and 10С) in the transfer reactions at low energies on the MAVR setup. Selection and application of highly effective sensitive techniques for detection, identification, and measurement of products of interaction of exotic nuclei beams with low intensity (10 3 - 10 6 s -1). Measurement of the total cross sections of reactions and individual channels (complete fusion, nucleon and cluster transfer reactions) in a wide energy range from 5 to 30 MeV/A.

  • Theoretical studies of the mechanisms of heavy-ion-induced reactions.

  • Development and update of the network knowledge base on nuclear physics.

  • Investigation of shapes and sizes of exotic nuclei employing laser spectroscopy methods.

List of Activities
  Activity or Experiment Leaders
Status
  Laboratory or other
Division of JINR
Responsible person
Main researchers
1. Synthesis of new isotopes
of superheavy elements at DGFRS
V.K. Utyonkov
Data taking
  FLNR F.Sh. Abdullin, A.A. Voinov, A.M. Zubareva, A.N. Polyakov, R.N. Sagaidak, V.G. Subbotin, A.M. Sukhov, Yu.S. Tsyganov, I.V. Shirokovsky, M.V. Shumeiko, N.D. Kovrijnykh, O.V. Petrushkin, A.S. Sviridchenkov, L. Schlattauer, T.Sh. Mirsaitov, A.N. Zubarev
2. -, - and gamma- spectroscopy
of heavy nuclei at the SHELS
separator
A.V. Yeremin
Data taking
  FLNR O.N. Malyshev, A.I. Svirikhin, I.N. Izosimov, V.I. Chepigin, M.L. Chelnokov, A.V. Isaev, Yu.A. Popov, A.N. Kuznetsov, A.A. Kuznetsova, A.G. Popeko, E.A. Sokol, D.E. Katrasev, V.M. Popov, V.A. Sbitnev, I.A. Belov, M.S. Tezekbaeva
3. Chemical properties of superheavy
elements
S.N. Dmitriev
Data taking
  FLNR N.V. Aksenov, Yu.V. Albin, G.A. Bozhikov, M.G. Voronyuk, G.K. Vostokin, N.S. Gustova, I. Zvara, V.Ya. Lebedev, K.V. Lebedev, A.Sh. Madumarov, A.V. Rykhlyuk, A.V. Sabelnikov, G.Ya. Starodub
4. Experiments at the magnetic
analyzer of superheavy atoms
MASHA
A.M. Rodin
Data taking
  FLNR L. Krupa, A.V. Belozerov, E.V. Chernusheva, V.Yu. Vedeneev, A.V. Guljaev, A.V. Guljaeva, D. Kamas, A.B. Komarov, A.S. Novoselov, A.Opihal, A.V. Podshibyakin, V.S. Salamatin, S.V. Stepantsov, S.A. Yukhimchuk
5. Study of the processes
of fusion-fission, quasi-fission and
multi-nucleon transfer reactions.
CORSET-DEMON, CORSAR, and
MiniFOBOS setups
M.G. Itkis
Data taking
  FLNR E.M. Kozulin, Yu.M. Itkis, I.N. Dyatlov, G.N. Knyazheva, N.I. Kozulina, K.V. Novikov, E.O. Savelieva, J.M. Harka, D.V. Kamanin, V.V. Kirokasian I.A. Alexandrova, A.A. Alexandrov, Z.I. Gorya'nova, V.E. Zhuchko, E.A. Kuznetsova, Опихал А., A. Pan, R.N.Popov, Pchelintsev I.V., Yu.V. Pyatkov, Yu.B. Semenov, A.N. Solodov, A.O. Strekalovsky, O.V. Strekalovskiy, Тезекбаева М., I.V. Vorob'ev, O.V. Falomkina
6. Study of the structure of exotic
nuclei near and beyond the
drip-lines at the ACCULINNA
and COMBAS fragment separators
A.S. Fomichev
Data taking
  FLNR G.M. Ter-Akopian, M.S. Golovkov, L.V. Grigorenko, A.V. Gorshkov, E.M. Gazeeva, B. Zalewski, N. Carjan, V.A. Gorshkov, S.A. Krupko, A.A. Bezbakh, Yu.L. Parfenova, S.I. Sidorchuk, R.S. Slepnev, G. Kaminsky, V. Chudoba, R. Wolski, P.G. Sharov, S.A. Rimzhanova, S.G. Belogurov, Yu.M. Sereda, A.G. Artukh, A.N. Vorontsov, S.A. Klygin, G.A. Kononenko, D.A. Kislukha, N.I. Tarantin, E. Batchuluun
  BLTP S.N. Ershov, N.B. Shulgina
7. Investigation of reactions induced
by stable and radioactive ion beams
leading to the formation of exotic
nuclei. Development of MAVR and
MULTI setups
Yu.E. Penionzhkevich
Data taking
  FLNR D.T. Aznabaev, M.P. Ivanov, S.M. Lukyanov, V.A. Maslov, K.O. Mendibaev, N.K. Skobelev, Yu.G. Sobolev, Z.D. Pokrovskaya, R.V. Revenko, V.I. Smirnov, D.A. Testov
8. Theoretical studies of nuclear
reaction mechanisms
A.V. Karpov
 
  FLNR A.S. Denikin, V.V. Samarin, M.A. Naumenko, E.A. Cherepanov, Yu.A. Muzichka, V.A. Rachkov, V.V. Saiko
9. Development and update of the
network knowledge base on nuclear
physics
A.V. Karpov
A.S. Denikin
Data taking
  FLNR V.V. Samarin, V.A. Rachkov, M.A. Naumenko, V.V. Saiko
  LIT V.V. Korenkov, P.V. Zrelov, E.I. Alexandov
10. Laser spectroscopy of isotopes S.G. Zemlyanoy
Data taking
  FLNR V.I. Zhemenik, G.V. Myshinskiy, K.A. Avvakumov

Collaboration
Country or International
Organization
City Institute or Laboratory
Belgium Brussels ULB
Leuven KU Leuven
Bulgaria Sofia INRNE BAS
CERN Geneva CERN
China Lanzhou IMP CAS
Czech Republic Prague CTU
VP
Olomouc UP
Rez NPI ASCR
Egypt Giza CU
Al-Minufya MU
Finland Jyvaskyla UJ
France Caen GANIL
Orsay CSNSM
IPN Orsay
Saclay SPhN CEA DAPNIA
Strasbourg CRN
IPHC
Germany Berlin HZB
Darmstadt GSI
Mainz JGU
Tubingen Univ.
India New Delhi IUAC
Calcutta VECC
Manipal MU
Italy Catania INFN LNS
Legnaro INFN LNL
Messina UniMe
Naples Unina
Japan Wako RIKEN
Fukuoka Kyushu Univ.
Kazakhstan Almaty INP
KazNU
Astana ENU
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar NRC NUM
Poland Warsaw UW
Krakow NINP PAS
Poznan AMU
Romania Bucharest IFIN-HH
Russia Moscow IPCE RAS
MSU
MUCTR
NNRU MEPhI
NRC KI
SINP MSU
Moscow, Troitsk INR RAS
Moscow, Zelenograd RIMST
Cheboksary ChSU
Dimitrovgrad SSC RIAR
Gatchina NRC KI PNPI
Sarov VNIIEF
St. Petersburg IPTI RAS
KRI
Voronezh VSU
Slovakia Bratislava CU
IP SAS
South Africa Cape Town iThemba LABS
Pretoria Unisa
Stellenbosch SU
Spain Madrid CSIC
Huelva UHU
Switzerland Villigen PSI
Sweden Goteborg Chalmers
Lund LU
Ukraine Kiev KINR NASU
United Kingdom Manchester UoM
USA Argonne, IL ANL
College Station, TX Texas A&M
East Lansing, MI MSU
Livermore, CA LLNL
Nashville, TN VU
Oak Ridge, TN ORNL
Vietnam Hanoi IOP VAST

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