Discovery of the tracks due to transuranic galactic cosmic ray nuclei in the olivine crystals from meteorites
Abstract
Results of the experimental research, performed within the framework of the OLIMPIYA project on investigation of the relict galactic cosmic ray nucleus tracks in olivine crystals from the Marjalahti and the Eagle Station meteorites, are presented. Up to now, there were processed 170 crystals, and about 6000 tracks with nuclear charge Z > 55 were registered. About 45 tracks are identified as nuclei with charge of 88 < Z < 92. Charges of three nuclei, associated with super long tracks, exceed Z = 92. In the first approximation the charge value of two of these nuclei lies in the range of 105 < Z < 130. The charge of one of them is estimated as Z = 119±6. We believe that confirm the hypothesis of the existence of "stability islands" for natural trans-Fermi nuclei.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- February 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/409/1/012047
- Bibcode:
- 2013JPhCS.409a2047A