Half-Lives of Superheavy Nuclei in <i>Z</i> = 113 Alpha Decay Chain

Abstract

The generalized liquid drop model (GLDM), including the proximity effects and centrifugal potential, and the cluster model with Cosh potential are used to study the half-lives of some Z = 113 isotopes and their α-decay products. The experimental half-lives of 284113, 283113, 282113 and their α-decay products are well reproduced by the two models when zero angular momenta transfer is assumed. For 278113 and its α-decay products, both the GLDM and the cluster model could provide satisfactory results if we assume the α particle carry five units of angular momenta, which indicates that possible nonzero angular momenta transfer and need further experimental measurements with high precision. Finally, we show that half-lives of α-decay are quite sensitive to the angular momentum transfers, and a formula could be used to describe the correlation between α-decay half-life and angular momentum transfer successfully.