A deep dive into the nuclear structure of rutherfordium with alpha and cluster decay
摘要
In this work, we have thoroughly investigated the bulk properties such as binding energy, neutron separation energy, nuclear radii and deformation parameter etc., along with the decay half-lives of various decay modes such as alpha decay and cluster decay of even-even 238−338Rf isotopes. For that we have calculated the decay Q values using the calculated binding energy values which have been accessed by using two force parameters NL3* and NLSH in Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) Model. For the calculation of decay half-lives we have used Viola Seaberg, M. Royer, the Universal Decay Laws-1 and 2, Santhosh's semi-empirical formula, and the Unified formulae. From our investigation, we found possible shell or sub-shell closures at N = 136, 154/156, 162, 178, 184, 192, 218, 220, 222. With a comparison to alpha decay, we found the likelihood of occurrence of cluster radioactivity is significantly lower. The present analysis is informative for the near future experimental synthesis.