Stepping into the Sea of Instability: The New Sub-us Superheavy Nucleus 252Rf

J. Khuyagbaatar, P. Mosat, J. Ballof +14

We report the discovery of the new isotope ${}^{252}$Rf. With its extremely short half-life of $60_{-30}^{+90}$~ns, it expands the range of half-lives of the known superheavy nuclei…