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Research on superheavy elements: Experimental prospects

Rudolph, Dirk LU orcid (2025) International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions In Nuclear Physics A 1060.
Abstract
What are the heaviest elements that can exist in Nature or be created on Earth? Does an ‘Island of Stability’ exist beyond uranium? Questions like these are often asked in connection with Long Range Plans of nuclear physics communities or large-scale accelerator facilities. Information on the chemical and physical properties of superheavy elements (Z>103) or nuclei is notoriously difficult to collect, mainly because of tiny production and thus observation rates. This in turn limits experimental constraints of nuclear structure theory in particular. A selection of ongoing efforts and future possibilities to improve the experimental situation are presented. Nuclear theory is asked to anchor model predictions on already existing... (More)
What are the heaviest elements that can exist in Nature or be created on Earth? Does an ‘Island of Stability’ exist beyond uranium? Questions like these are often asked in connection with Long Range Plans of nuclear physics communities or large-scale accelerator facilities. Information on the chemical and physical properties of superheavy elements (Z>103) or nuclei is notoriously difficult to collect, mainly because of tiny production and thus observation rates. This in turn limits experimental constraints of nuclear structure theory in particular. A selection of ongoing efforts and future possibilities to improve the experimental situation are presented. Nuclear theory is asked to anchor model predictions on already existing nuclear structure data in the superheavy region. (Less)
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Superheavy elements, Nuclear spectroscopy
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Nuclear Physics A
volume
1060
article number
123097
pages
4 pages
publisher
Elsevier
conference name
International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions
conference location
Whistler, Canada
conference dates
2024-08-18 - 2024-08-23
external identifiers
  • scopus:105002367249
ISSN
0375-9474
DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123097
project
Characterization of New Superheavy Elements
Spectroscopy along Decay Chains of Element 114, Flerovium
Element 115
language
English
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yes
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  abstract     = {{What are the heaviest elements that can exist in Nature or be created on Earth? Does an ‘Island of Stability’ exist beyond uranium? Questions like these are often asked in connection with Long Range Plans of nuclear physics communities or large-scale accelerator facilities. Information on the chemical and physical properties of superheavy elements (<i>Z</i>&gt;103) or nuclei is notoriously difficult to collect, mainly because of tiny production and thus observation rates. This in turn limits experimental constraints of nuclear structure theory in particular. A selection of ongoing efforts and future possibilities to improve the experimental situation are presented. Nuclear theory is asked to anchor model predictions on already existing nuclear structure data in the superheavy region.}},
  author       = {{Rudolph, Dirk}},
  issn         = {{0375-9474}},
  keywords     = {{Superheavy elements; Nuclear spectroscopy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{04}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Physics A}},
  title        = {{Research on superheavy elements: Experimental prospects}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123097}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123097}},
  volume       = {{1060}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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