2026-05-19 理化学研究所,東京大学

図1 超伝導RIビーム分離生成装置「BigRIPS」
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- https://www.riken.jp/press/2026/20260519_3/index.html
- https://academic.oup.com/ptep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ptep/ptag082/8677881
RIBFにおける 208Pb一次ビーム を用いた22種類のエキゾチック同位体の初観測 First Observation of Twenty-two Exotic Isotopes Using a 208Pb Primary Beam at RIBF
N Fukuda,S Michimasa,H Suzuki,Y Shimizu,H Takeda,Y Togano,M Yoshimoto,Y Yanagisawa,K Kusaka,M Ohtake,…
Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Published:14 May 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptag082
Abstract
This letter reports the results from the first experimental study utilizing a 345-MeV/nucleon 208Pb beam at the RI Beam Factory at RIKEN Nishina Center. This experiment aimed at searching for new proton- and neutron-rich isotopes beyond Z = 50. The BigRIPS in-flight separator and state-of-the-art radiation detectors were used to efficiently separate and reliably identify the produced isotopes. We confirmed a total of twenty-two new exotic isotopes: 118Ce, 120Pr, 179Ho, 181, 182Er, 184 − 186Tm, 188, 189Yb, 191Lu, 152, 153, 193, 194Hf, 154, 195, 196Ta, 198, 199W, and 200, 201Re. This discovery significantly extends the known boundaries of the nuclear chart, paving the way to investigate the properties of unstable nuclei far from the β-stability line in the Z = 58–75 region. This region is of particular importance for exploring phenomena, such as exotic decay modes appearing on the proton-rich side and r-process nucleosynthesis associated with neutron-rich nuclei.


