New Outlook on the Possible Existence of Superheavy Elements in Nature

Details New Outlook on the Possible Existence of Superheavy Elements in Nature New Outlook on the Possible Existence of Superheavy Elements in Nature

2002-10-30

arxiv.org/abs/nucl-ex/0210039v1

Phys.Atom.Nucl.66:1137-1145,2003; Yad.Fiz.66:1173-1181,2003

Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear Experiment

8 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables. Paper presented at VII Int. School-Seminar on Heavy Ion Physics, May 27 - June 1, 2002, Dubna, R

Scientific paper

10.1134/1.1586428

A consistent interpretation is given to some previously unexplained phenomena seen in nature in terms of the recently discovered long-lived high spin super- and hyper-deformed isomeric states. The Po halos seen in mica are interpreted as due to the existence of such isomeric states in corresponding Po or nearby nuclei which eventually decay by gamma- or beta-decay to the ground states of 210Po, 214Po and 218Po nuclei. The low-energy 4.5 MeV alpha-particle group observed in several minerals is interpreted as due to a very enhanced alpha transition from the third minimum of the potential-energy surface in a superheavy nucleus with atomic number Z=108 (Hs) and atomic mass number around 271 to the corresponding minimum in the daughter.

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