Properties of Group Five and Group Seven transactinium elements

Dedication......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
History......Page 12
Scope of Thesis......Page 16
N=162 Neutron Shell......Page 18
Alpha decay......Page 19
Electron-capture  decay......Page 20
Relativistic calculations......Page 21
Rutherfordium......Page 23
Hahnium......Page 26
Seaborgium......Page 29
Bohrium......Page 33
Accelerator......Page 35
Target Chamber and Targets......Page 36
Berkelium Target......Page 37
The 209Bi(18O,3n)224Pa reaction......Page 39
Collection and Transport......Page 40
Detection......Page 41
SISAK 3......Page 42
LISSY......Page 44
Data Acquisition......Page 45
Cross section for the 209Bi(18O,3n)224Pa reaction and half-life of 224Pa......Page 48
Procedure and Data Analysis......Page 49
Introduction......Page 52
SISAK 3 experiments with 263,262Ha at LBNL......Page 53
SISAK 3 experiments with 224Pa at LBNL......Page 54
Results and Discussion......Page 55
Introduction......Page 60
Procedure and Data Analysis......Page 63
Procedure and Data Analysis......Page 67
Discussion......Page 68
On-line bohrium experiment at PSI......Page 70
Results and Discussion......Page 73
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 74
Glossary of Acronyms......Page 78
Publications......Page 79
Talks and Lectures......Page 81
Review Articles and General Texts on Nuclear Chemistry......Page 82
Photographs and Color Pictures......Page 83
f_user.c from the CVC acquisition......Page 91
GOOSY analysis......Page 94
Bibliography......Page 98