$\alpha$-decay half-lives of superheavy nuclei with $Z=122-125$

TL;DR

This study develops a new semiempirical model for calculating alpha decay half-lives of superheavy nuclei with Z=122-125, showing improved accuracy over existing models and identifying potential candidates for experimental detection.

Contribution

The paper introduces a semiempirical model for alpha decay half-lives that outperforms existing models like GLDM and UDL in accuracy for superheavy nuclei.

Findings

The new model more accurately reproduces experimental half-lives.

Predictions of the model align closely with UDL, but differ from GLDM.

Potential long-lived superheavy nuclei candidates are identified.

Abstract

For $\alpha$ decay half-life calculations in this work, the Coulomb and proximity potential model with a new semiempirical formula for diffuseness parameter developed in previous work [Phys. Rev. C 100, 024601 (2019)] is used. The present model in this work is compared with the generalized liquid-drop model (GLDM), universal decay law (UDL), and experimental half-lives in the region $Z=104-118$. Next, the predicted half-lives of 51 superheavy nuclei (SHN) with $Z=122-125$ by the present model are compared with those of GLDM, and UDL. The present model is revealed to be more accurate in reproducing experimental half-lives compared to GLDM and UDL. Moreover, it is found that the predictions of the present model and UDL are highly consistent while GLDM largely deviates from the other two. A study of the competition between $\alpha$ decay and spontaneous fission (SF) shows that $\alpha$ decay is the dominant mode. Among the studied SHN with $Z=122-125$, ${}^{295-307}122$ and ${}^{314-320}125$ are identified as potential candidates whose half-lives are relatively long enough to be experimentally detected in the future through their $\alpha$-decay chains. The identified candidates are in good agreement with other recent work.