SUPER-HEAVY STABILITY ISLAND WITH A SEMI-EMPIRICAL NUCLEAR MASS FORMULA

Based on a semi-empirical nuclear mass formula, the super-heavy stability island is investigated. From the calculated shell corrections of super-heavy nuclei, the region N = 172-178, Z = 116-120 with shell corrections about -6 MeV roughly gives the position of the super-heavy stability island. The probability to synthesize nuclei with Z = 126 may be much smaller than that of produced super-heavy nuclei already, according to the obtained shell corrections and the proton drip line.