New result in the production and decay of an isotope, 113 of the 113th element

Morita, Kosuke*; Morimoto, Koji*; Kaji, Daiya*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Ozeki, Kazutaka*; Kudo, Yuki*; Sumita, Takayuki*; Wakabayashi, Yasuo*; Yoneda, Akira*; Tanaka, Kengo*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 81(10), p.103201_1 - 103201_4, 2012/10

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.81.103201

An isotope of the 113th element, 113, was produced in a nuclear reaction with a Zn beam on a Bi target. We observed six consecutive decays following the implantation of a heavy particle in nearly the same position in the semiconductor detector, in extremely low background condition. The fifth and sixth decays are fully consistent with the sequential decays of Db and Lr both in decay energies and decay times. This indicates that the present decay chain consisted of 113, Rg (Z = 111), Mt (Z = 109), Bh (Z = 107), Db (Z = 105), and Lr (Z = 103) with firm connections. This result, together with previously reported results from 2004 and 2007, conclusively leads the unambiguous production and identification of the isotope 113, of the 113th element.

Analysis of time evolution of neutron intensity measured with a high-sensitive neutron collar during the JCO criticality accident

Endo, Akira; Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro; Sumita, Kenji*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 40(8), p.628 - 630, 2003/08

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.40.628

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Radiation hardened equipment and material data base

Sumita, Kenji*; ; Kakuta, Tsunemi; ; ; ;

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi, 30(10), p.870 - 875, 1988/10

https://doi.org/10.3327/jaesj.30.870

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Measurements and calculations for graphite-moderated enriched-fuel critical assembly, SHE

Inoue, Kazuhiko; Iizumi, Masashi; Kobayashi, Setsuo*; Sumita, Kenji

JAERI 1032, 23 Pages, 1962/06

JAERI-1032.pdf:1.51MB

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Production and decay properties of Bh and its daughter nuclei

Morimoto, Koji*; Morita, Kosuke*; Kaji, Daiya*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Ozeki, Kazutaka*; Kudo, Yuki*; Sato, Nozomi; Sumita, Takayuki*; Yoneda, Akira*; Ichikawa, Takatoshi*; et al.

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A nuclide, Bh, is the great-grand-daughter of 113 that is produced in the Bi + Zn reaction. The identification was based on a genetic link to the known daughter nucleus Db by alpha-decays. The main purpose of this work is to provide further confirmation of the production and identification of the isotope 113. As a present result, a state in Bh, which decays by an alpha emission with the energies ranging from 9.05 to 9.23 MeV, feeds a state in Db, which decays by alpha emission and by SF with a previously known half-life. The result provided a further confirmation of the production and identification of the isotope of the 113th element, 113, studied by a research group at RIKEN.

Confirmations of the synthesis of 113 produced by the Bi(Zn,n)113 reaction

Morimoto, Koji*; Morita, Kosuke*; Kaji, Daiya*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Ozeki, Kazutaka*; Kudo, Yuki*; Sato, Nozomi; Sumita, Takayuki*; Yoneda, Akira*; Ichikawa, Takatoshi*; et al.

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We performed the experiment to synthesize an isotope of the element 113 produced by a Bi(Zn,n)113 reaction using a gas-filled recoil ion separator (GARIS) at RIKEN. Two decay chains were observed, and assigned to those originating from an isotope 113. Both chains were connected into the previously known decays of Bh and Db via previously unknown decays of 113, Rg, and Mt. Although the Bh was known nuclide, a number of atoms reported so far was limited. In order to study more precise decay property of the Bh, we performed the direct production of Bh by the Cm(Na,5n)Bh reaction. In this experiment, the Bh was clearly identified from the correlation of the nuclide, Db. The obtained decay properties of Bh and Db are consistent with those observed in the 113 chain, which provided further confirmation of the discovery of 113.

Production and decay properties of Cn produced in the reaction of Pb+Zn

Sumita, Takayuki*; Morimoto, Koji*; Kaji, Daiya*; Ozeki, Kazutaka*; Katori, Kenji*; Sakai, Ryutaro*; Hasebe, Hiroo*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Yoneda, Akira*; Yoshida, Atsushi*; et al.

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The decay property of Cn (atomic number, ) produced in the Pb(Zn, ) reaction was studied. The experiment was performed using the gas-filled recoil ion separator (GARIS) at the RIKEN liner accelerator facility (RILAC). The Pb target with about 630 g/cm thickness was bombarded with 347.5, 351.5, and 355.5 MeV Zn beam. At the beam energy of 351.5 MeV, we observed one -decay chain from Cn. The -particle energy of Cn was MeV and its lifetime was measured to be 0.370 ms. Including our previous result of the Cn production in 2004, the cross section of the Pb(Zn, ) reaction is deduced to be pb.