Colliding a heavy projectile with an even heavier target nucleus only occasionally produces superheavy elements. Analyses of the processes that prevent fusion suggest that projectile size is one of the problems.
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Oganessian, Y. Sizing up the heavyweights. Nature 413, 122–125 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35093194
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