From fermium to seaborgium: structure and properties of heavy elements
The AYSS Seminar – June 26, 2024, 16:00, the Big Hall of the JINR Scientists’ Club (6, Joliot-Curie street, left side).
Mereigul Tezekbayeva, research scientist, Candidate of Science will deliver a lecture “From fermium to seaborgium: structure and properties of heavy elements”.
Synthesis of isotopes of superheavy elements (SHE, Z≥104) is one of the main tasks of the modern nuclear physics, one of the purpose of which is the search of the Island of stability. But it’s important not only be able to synthesize new nuclei but also to study their properties and internal structure. Unfortunately, our knowledge about SHE properties is very limited because collecting the necessary statistical data is a complicated technical task. With modern methods of study the SHE range from fermium to seaborgium is the most available for research since the probability of formation of these isotopes is much higher than that of SHE isotopes which makes it possible to obtain good statistics necessary for analysis of experimental data. Such work on studying properties of isotopes of heavy elements has been actively carried out at FLNR over the past 20 years. Research data make it possible for scientists to advance in understanding of the properties and limits of stability of nuclear matter.