Complete fusion of heavy ions

The strategy of the Dubna group is to build up a region of nuclides in an internally consistent manner where descendants appearing in decay chains are, in addition, directly synthesized by the complete fusion of heavy ions including using the technique of cross bombardments (O Fig. 19.5). Thus, if one nuclide in this region is safely identified, the whole island is fixed. This process explains the importance of the recent experiment (Hofmann... 

The only successful method to synthesize transactinide elements is through the complete fusion of heavy ions (Schmidt and Morawek 1991 Vandenbosch 1992 Reisdorf 1994). Two types of reactions have been employed to create new chemical elements cold fusion with Pb or Bi targets and hot fusion with Ca projectiles (O IHg. 19.19). The success of reactions involving doubly magic nuclei has been explained in the framework of the fragmentation model (Sandulescu et al. 1976). 

Transfermium Elements and the Complete Fusion of Heavy Ions Hot Fusion ... 

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