Direct high-precision mass spectrometry of superheavy elements with SHIPTRAP

O. Kaleja*, B. Andelic, O. Bezrodnova, K. Blaum, M. Block, S. Chenmarev, P. Chhetri, C. Droese, Ch E. Düllmann, M. Eibach, S. Eliseev, J. Even, P. Filianin, F. Giacoppo, S. Götz, Yu Gusev, M. J. Gutiérrez, F. P. Heßberger, N. Kalantar-Nayestanaki, J. J.W. Van De LaarM. Laatiaoui, S. Lohse, N. Martynova, E. Minaya Ramirez, A. K. Mistry, T. Murböck, Yu Novikov, S. Raeder, D. Rodríguez, F. Schneider, L. Schweikhard, P. G. Thirolf, A. Yakushev

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Abstract

Direct mass measurements in the region of the heaviest elements were performed with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer SHIPTRAP at GSI Darmstadt. Utilizing the phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance mass-spectrometry technique, the atomic masses of No251 (Z=102), Lr254 (Z=103), and Rf257 (Z=104) available at rates down to one detected ion per day were determined directly for the first time. The ground-state masses of No254 and Lr255,256 were improved by more than one order of magnitude. Relative statistical uncertainties as low as δm/m≈10-9 were achieved. Mass resolving powers of 11 000 000 allowed resolving long-lived low-lying isomeric states from their respective ground states in No251,254 and Lr254,255. This provided an unambiguous determination of the binding energies for odd-A and odd-odd nuclides previously determined only indirectly from decay spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number054325
Number of pages9
JournalPhysical Review C
Volume106
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov-2022

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