Exploring the feasibility of producing superheavy nuclei in the proton evaporation channel

The feasibility of producing superheavy nuclei in proton evaporation channels was systematically studied within the dinuclear system (DNS) model. Due to the Z=114 proton-shell, one can synthesize Fl isotopes in proton evaporation channels. We only considered the case of evaporating one proton first and then n neutrons in this work, other cases were ignored due to the small cross-section. The production cross sections of unknown isotopes 290,291Fl in 38S+255Es reaction are the highest compared with 50Ti+243Np and 54Cr+239Pa reactions, and the maximum cross sections are 1.1 and 15.1 pb, respectively. 42S+254Es is a promising candidate to approach the island of stability as the radioactive beam facilities are upgraded in the future, and the production cross sections of 291−294Fl in that reaction are estimated to be 3.2, 6.0, 4.0, and 0.1 pb, respectively.