Natural superheavy nuclei in astrophysical data

(Submitted on 8 Aug 2019)
The paper presents the summary data of the authors’ research within the framework of the OLIMPIYA project (the Russian acronym of {\bf OLI}viny iz {\bf M}eteoritov —- {\bf P}oisk tyazholykh {\bf I} sverkhtyazholykh {\bf YA}der / Olivines from meteorites: Search for heavy and superheavy nuclei) and results of track analysis for heavy cosmic ray nuclei (\emph{Z} = 26—129) in olivine crystals from meteorites using an original processing technique. A total of 21,743 tracks of nuclei heavier than iron have been identified in meteoritic matter to date to form the largest database within this charge range. The database includes three tracks of superheavy nuclei with the lifetimes of about a few decades, which can be considered as direct experimental evidence for the existence of natural superheavy nuclei from the “island of stability”.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.02931

mollwollfumble said:

Natural superheavy nuclei in astrophysical data

(Submitted on 8 Aug 2019)
The paper presents the summary data of the authors’ research within the framework of the OLIMPIYA project (the Russian acronym of {\bf OLI}viny iz {\bf M}eteoritov —- {\bf P}oisk tyazholykh {\bf I} sverkhtyazholykh {\bf YA}der / Olivines from meteorites: Search for heavy and superheavy nuclei) and results of track analysis for heavy cosmic ray nuclei (\emph{Z} = 26—129) in olivine crystals from meteorites using an original processing technique. A total of 21,743 tracks of nuclei heavier than iron have been identified in meteoritic matter to date to form the largest database within this charge range. The database includes three tracks of superheavy nuclei with the lifetimes of about a few decades, which can be considered as direct experimental evidence for the existence of natural superheavy nuclei from the “island of stability”.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.02931

Damn.

Be interesting to see how this holds up.

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Natural superheavy nuclei in astrophysical data

(Submitted on 8 Aug 2019)
The paper presents the summary data of the authors’ research within the framework of the OLIMPIYA project (the Russian acronym of {\bf OLI}viny iz {\bf M}eteoritov —- {\bf P}oisk tyazholykh {\bf I} sverkhtyazholykh {\bf YA}der / Olivines from meteorites: Search for heavy and superheavy nuclei) and results of track analysis for heavy cosmic ray nuclei (\emph{Z} = 26—129) in olivine crystals from meteorites using an original processing technique. A total of 21,743 tracks of nuclei heavier than iron have been identified in meteoritic matter to date to form the largest database within this charge range. The database includes three tracks of superheavy nuclei with the lifetimes of about a few decades, which can be considered as direct experimental evidence for the existence of natural superheavy nuclei from the “island of stability”.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.02931

Damn.

Be interesting to see how this holds up.

Aye.

sibeen said:

dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Natural superheavy nuclei in astrophysical data

(Submitted on 8 Aug 2019)
The paper presents the summary data of the authors’ research within the framework of the OLIMPIYA project (the Russian acronym of {\bf OLI}viny iz {\bf M}eteoritov —- {\bf P}oisk tyazholykh {\bf I} sverkhtyazholykh {\bf YA}der / Olivines from meteorites: Search for heavy and superheavy nuclei) and results of track analysis for heavy cosmic ray nuclei (\emph{Z} = 26—129) in olivine crystals from meteorites using an original processing technique. A total of 21,743 tracks of nuclei heavier than iron have been identified in meteoritic matter to date to form the largest database within this charge range. The database includes three tracks of superheavy nuclei with the lifetimes of about a few decades, which can be considered as direct experimental evidence for the existence of natural superheavy nuclei from the “island of stability”.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.02931

Damn.

Be interesting to see how this holds up.

Aye.

Nice work.

21,743 tracks of ions heavier than iron! That’s a lot of tracks.

:)

That’s quite remarkable.