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Discussion from JINR of SHE-factory results and what may be next

Here. :) Double sharp (talk) 05:45, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Double sharp: Nice, thanks for sharing. This is a concise recap of what has already been published, but hopefully is a prelude to the next big discovery. ^Complex/_Rational 13:47, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And meanwhile at LBNL, ²⁴⁴Pu(⁵⁰Ti,4n)²⁹⁰Lv was successful. (I also added more refs at Isotopes of livermorium.) So, I guess we will have a race between ²⁴⁹Cf+⁵⁰Ti at LBNL and ²⁴⁸Cm+⁵⁴Cr at JINR. Double sharp (talk) 02:57, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, so the paper's already on arXiv. :) Double sharp (talk) 03:16, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the LBNL campaign might've been planned earlier than I thought. These slides match fairly well with what has actually been done, except that the last step of ²⁴⁹Cf+⁵⁰Ti is still for the future. (Ah, how long I have waited! And how much longer shall I wait again, when elements past 120 prove harder still!) Double sharp (talk) 05:40, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now that I think about it, probably 119 will be really hard. With such cross-sections, I doubt a ²⁴⁹Bk target will survive long enough. So you'd have to use ²⁴⁸Cm+⁵¹V with the penalty from having the odd proton in the projectile rather than in the target. :( Double sharp (talk) 05:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also no recent updates that I know about regarding larger-scale production of ²⁵⁴Es. There was a claim that up to 0.2 mg could be produced, but I removed it as uncited [1]; not sure if you have ever seen this or something similar. The wait must go on, it seems. ^Complex/_Rational 09:27, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've not seen anything about that either. Still, the half-lives of ^253,254Es are shorter than for ²⁴⁹Bk, so it's probably not going to help that much with cross-sections. Unless maybe 119 takes so long that ²⁵⁴Es+⁴⁸Ca can be considered. :) Double sharp (talk) 10:11, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Cannonball (LIRR train)

On 5 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cannonball (LIRR train), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Cannonball (pictured), a commuter train on the Long Island Rail Road, was once operated exclusively with parlor cars? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Cannonball (LIRR train). You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Cannonball (LIRR train)), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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How the "Did You Know" feature works?

Hello and well met. I am a regular contributor to the WikiProject Professional wrestling with over 500 pro-wrestling related created articles (well, kinda with one correspondent to the Japanese language or less). In the past months I saw various users displaying userboxes which depict that some of their articles have been part of the "Did You Know" main page section. Herefore I'd like to know if one of the articles created by someone could ever be featured into this kind of section without the respective user getting a proper notification. Of course, I'm not really hoping for one of my created articles to be a subject of such importance but I heard you're experienced with this thing so I'd love to learn more from you about the procedures of this section and how an article can become a DYK candidate. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards! JeyReydar97 (talk) 22:32, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JeyReydar97: Any article that has been created anew, undergone a fivefold expansion in prose, or attained good article status is potentially eligible to appear in DYK, subject to additional guidelines. I would not recommend trying to nominate an article mainly written by another user without their involvement, primarily because they are most likely to be familiar with the article's sources, structure, and subject matter (even if it is one in which you're also interested). However, I'm sure some editors would be open to a collaborative article improvement project and resulting DYK nomination, so feel free to reach out to them if that's something of interest to you. ^Complex/_Rational 08:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

revision deletion question

hey, there was a pretty bad edit on Reading, Massachussetts (link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reading,_Massachusetts&diff=prev&oldid=1240994324). I'm not completely certain wether or not it needs a revdel, but I'm more on the side of a revdel. Gaismagorm (talk) 18:33, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker) RD applied, account blocked. For anyone who may feel that is harsh, please look at the filter log. Vanamonde93 (talk) 18:44, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

alright, thanks! Gaismagorm (talk) 18:45, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanamonde93 sorry for the ping, but the editor has been making disruptive comments on his own talk page, and this one might also require a revdel. Gaismagorm (talk) 19:01, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, I had an inkling this would happen. TPA revoked. I wish UTRS the joy of this editor. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:09, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Gaismagorm (talk) 19:11, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Vanamonde93 for swiftly taking action. ^Complex/_Rational 20:06, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sat August 24: Roosevelt Island Wiknic

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Page needs some kind of protection

Hi CR, Racialization has been for many months the target of an IP editor very committed to making sure any cleanup gets immediately reverted. Is it possible to get some kind of protection on it? ꧁Zanahary꧂ 05:37, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zanahary: I'll take a closer look when I have a bit more time, which will probably be later today, though feel free to also ask at WP:RFPP if you think a quicker response is needed. I also see that the article talk page hasn't been edited in six months; have you (or anyone) been able to engage the IP in discussion? ^Complex/_Rational 12:53, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

fluorine-30

New isotope. :)

@Nucleus hydro elemon: may also be interested. :) Double sharp (talk) 05:42, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Another gap in the chart of nuclides filled! :O Hope that gaps ²¹C, ³³Ne, ^36,38Na, ³⁹Mg can be filled too. :) Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 06:51, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice to see some progress. I'm also curious to see up until what element the neutron drip line can be followed. I'll read more when I'm on a computer; thanks Nucleus hydro elemon for already updating isotopes of fluorine. ^Complex/_Rational 08:29, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's interesting to see more confirmation that N = 20 is not magic in this extreme neutron-rich region, indeed!

I wonder if ¹⁷⁶Sn (Z = 50, N = 126) is bound and doubly magic. Not that we'll know for a long while. :) Double sharp (talk) 09:23, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to the graph in doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.105.034315, S_2n of ¹⁷⁶Sn is around 0 MeV, so it's hard to say that is ¹⁷⁶Sn bound or not. I only have access to the abstract, so I don't know more details. On the other hand, doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138571 predicts that ¹⁷⁶Sn is unbound, but they also pointed out that the S_2n they calculated were too low for N > 82 isotopes, so ¹⁷⁶Sn still has a chance to become bound.

Both graphs have a large jump of S_2n from ¹⁷⁶Sn to ¹⁷⁸Sn, implies N = 126 is still magic there, but doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.91.015809 predicts conflicting result in graph. Nucleus hydro elemon (talk) 12:06, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nucleus hydro elemon: Wow! You're good at digging out papers. Thanks for the info! :) Double sharp (talk) 12:28, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, I found an interesting paper on the arXiv noting that unlike the previous proton shell closures, Z = 82 isn't strong enough to keep the neighbouring isotopes spherical, except at the doubly magic ²⁰⁸Pb. It reminds me of how we heard that proton shell closures are likely to be quite weak in the superheavy region and that stability will mostly depend on reaching N = 184. Double sharp (talk) 17:53, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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