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The progresses on production cross-sections of unknown nuclei in fusion evaporation (FE) reactions and multinucleon transfer (MNT) reactions are reviewed. The synthesis of the superheavy nuclei (SHN) with Z = 1 1 4 , 119, 120, 121, and 122 in FE reactions is presented. As a promising pathway to produce neutron-rich nuclei, the MNT reactions near the Coulomb barrier are applied to investigate the generation of neutron-rich heavy nuclei and the transuranium nuclei. The predicted production cross-sections of unknown neutron-rich nuclei in MNT reactions are summarized. We make a comparison of the radioactive beam-induced FE reactions and MNT process for producing the predicted double magic nuclei 2 9 8 Fl, which provides a possible pathway to approach the island of stability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cluster decay process in 270-318118 superheavy nuclei has been studied extensively within the Coulomb and proximity potential model (CPPM), thereby investigating the probable cluster decays from the various isotopes of Z = 118. On comparing the predicted decay half-lives with the values evaluated using the Universal formula for cluster decay (UNIV) of Poenaru et al., the Universal Decay Law (UDL) of Qi et al., and the Scaling Law of Horoi et al., it was seen that, our values matches well with these theoretical values. A comparison of the predicted alpha decay half-life of the experimentally synthesized superheavy isotope 294118 with its corresponding experimental value shows that, our theoretical value is in good agreement with the experimental value. The plots for 10(T1/2) against the neutron number of the daughter in the corresponding decay reveals the behavior of the cluster half-lives with the neutron number of the daughter nuclei and for most of the decays, the half-life was found to be the minimum for the decay leading to a daughter with N = 184. Most of the predicted half-lives are well within the present experimental upper limit (1030 s) and lower limit (10-6 s) for measurements and hence these predictions may be of great use for further experimental investigation on cluster decay in the superheavy region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 2013 update of the discovery of nuclide project is presented. Details of the 12 new nuclides observed for the first time in 2013 are described. In addition, the discovery of 266Db has been included and the previous assignments of six other nuclides were changed. Overview tables of where and how nuclides were discovered have also been updated and are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]