ALPHA DECAY HALF-LIVES OF EXOTIC NUCLEI AROUND SHELL CLOSURES
In the framework of the generalized liquid drop model (GLDM) and improved Royer's formula with a set of new coefficients derived by N. D. Schubert et al. [Eur. Phys. J. A42 (2009) 121], the favored and unfavored α-decay half-lives of exotic nuclei around closed shells Z = 82 and N = 126 are investigated. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental data. It is shown that our method can be used to study the α-decay half-lives of exotic nuclei around shell closures successfully and is helpful for future research on superheavy nuclei around the next proton and neutron shell closures. In addition, some α-decay half-lives for the cases where the experimental values are unavailable are predicted. We hope our predicted results are useful for future experiments.