title: New superheavy element isotopes: ²⁴²Pu(⁴⁸Ca,5n) ²⁸⁵114.
abstract: The new, neutron-deficient, superheavy element isotope ²⁸⁵114 was produced in ⁴⁸Ca irradiations of ²⁴²Pu targets at a center-of-target beam energy of 256 MeV (E*=50  MeV). The α decay of ²⁸⁵114was followed by the sequential α decay of four daughter nuclides, 281Cn, 277Ds, 273Hs, and 269Sg. 265Rf was observed to decay by spontaneous fission. The measured α-decay Q values were compared with those from a macroscopic-microscopic nuclear mass model to give insight into superheavy element shell effects. The²⁴²Pu (⁴⁸Ca,5n²)²⁸⁵114 cross section was 0.6(-0.5)+0.9  pb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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