Study of alpha-decay chain for even-even isotopes of Z=120 superheavy nuclei

The nuclear structure systematics of the superheavy nuclei lying at the extreme of mass for Z = 120, and their alpha-decay half-lives have been studied using the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. The results are obtained using four different point-coupling parameters after analysing the reliability of these parameter sets for the binding energy of experimentally observed nuclei (Z = 100-118) by comparing them with the available experimental and WS-4 microscopic calculations. The optimal parameter set thus obtained is further used for predicting the Z =120 alpha-decay chain and decay half-lives.

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The study investigated the nuclear structure of superheavy nuclei at the extreme mass range for Z = 120 and their alpha-decay half-lives using the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. Four different point-coupling parameters were analyzed to determine their reliability by comparing them with experimental and WS-4 microscopic calculations for the binding energy of observed nuclei (Z = 100-118). The optimized parameter set was then used to predict the Z = 120 alpha-decay chain and decay half-lives.