The decay properties of the new isotope ${}^{282}113$ and its daughter nuclei have been measured in the ${}^{237}\mathrm{Np}$(${}^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$, $3n$)${}^{282}113$ reaction. During an irradiation with a beam dose of $1.1\times {10}^{19}244$-MeV ${}^{48}\mathrm{Ca}$ projectiles, two decay chains originating from the odd-odd isotope ${}^{282}113$ $(E_{\alpha }=10.63\pm 0.08\mathrm{MeV},T_{\alpha }={73}_{-29}^{+134}\mathrm{ms})$ were produced in the complete fusion reaction with a cross section of $0.9_{-0.6}^{+1.6}$ pb; these properties are all in agreement with expectations based on the results of previous experiments.

• Received 26 April 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.76.011601