Superheavy Elements. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Superheavy Elements, Lubbock, Texas, March 9–11, 1978

Content: 
PERGAMON TITLES OF RELATED INTEREST, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Page v
Inside Front Cover, Pages vi-vii
PREFACE, Pages ix-x, M.A.K. Lodhi
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM, Pages xi-xiv
GREETINGS, Page xix
Introduction to OPENING OF THE SYMPOSIUM, Page 1, W.O. Milligan, S.S. Wald
OPENING REMARKS, Page 3, M.A.K. Lodhi
WELCOMING ADDRESS, Page 4
U.S. SCIENCE–A CURRENT PERSPECTIVE, Pages 5-9, Richard C. Atkinson
OVERVIEW: HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE SEARCH FOR SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 10-22, O. Lewin Keller Jr.
Introduction to SEARCHES FOR SHE AT ACCELERATORS, Page 23, A. Ghiorso, A.K. Ray
ATTEMPTS TO PRODUCE SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS IN REACTIONS BETWEEN HEAVY NUCLEI, Pages 24-33, Günter Herrmann
RECENT SEARCHES FOR SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS AT THE SUPERHILAC, Pages 34-41, E.K. Hulet
EXPERIMENTAL PROSPECTS FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND DETECTION OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 42-54, J. Michael Nitschke
NEW EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHTS INTO THE PRODUCTION OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS USING HEAVY ION REACTIONS, Pages 55-71, R.J. Otto, D.J. Morrissey, G.T. Seaborg, W.D. Loveland
PRODUCTION OF ACTINIDES BY SECONDARY REACTIONS IN THE BOMBARDMENT OF A TUNGSTEN TARGET WITH 24 GeV PROTONS, Pages 72-80, A. Marinov, S. Eshhar, J.L. Weil
STUDY OF Au, Tl AND Pb SOURCES SEPARATED FROM TUNGSTEN TARGETS THAT WERE IRRADIATED WITH 24-GeV PROTONS. INDICATIONS FOR THE POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 81-88, A. Marinov, S. Eshhar, B. Alspector
NEUTRON MULTIPLICITY MEASUREMENTS FOR SPONTANEOUS FISSION OF Cf AND Fm ISOTOPES AND RELEVANCE TO NEUTRON EMISSION FOR SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 89-101, Darleane C. Hoffman
Introduction to QUEST FOR SHE IN NATURE, Page 102, E.M. McMillan, A.A. Bahgat
Search for Superheavy Elements in Nature and in Heavy Ion Reactions, Pages 103-117, Reinhard Brandt
OBSERVATION OF ANOMALOUS LONG-RANGE ALPHA PARTICLES AND THEIR POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO SUPERHEAVY MATTER, Pages 118-122, S.N. Anderson, J.J. Lord, R.J. Wilkes, James Albers, Louis Barrett, Peter Kotzer, Richard Lindsay, Kurt Stehling
ARE ANY UNUSUAL RADIOHALOS EVIDENCE FOR SHE?, Pages 123-154, Robert V. Gentry
EXISTENCE OF LONG-RANGE α-PARTICLES IN NATURE, Pages 155-163, A. CHEVALLIER, J. CHEVALLIER, A. PAPE, M. DEBEAUVAIS, B. LEROUX
ANALYSIS OF A GIANT HALO MONAZITE INCLUSION ON THE HARWELL PROTON MICROPROBE, Pages 164-171, J.A. Cookson, N.R. Fletcher, K.W. Kemper, L.R. Medsker, Thomas A. Cahill
ALPHA PARTICLE STUDY OF MADAGASCAR MONAZITE FOR SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 172-176, E.L. Fireman
LUNAR PALAEOMAGNETISM AND EVIDENCE FOR SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS IN THE MOON, Pages 177-183, S.K. Runcorn
MELTING THE MOON WITH SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 184-190, S. Keith Runcorn, Leona Marshall Libby, Willard F. Libby
SUPERGIANT HALOS IN MADGASCAR BIOTITE, Pages 191-196, C.A. Grady, R.M. Walker
COMMENTS ON THE RECENT REPORTS OF SH ELEMENTS IN METEORITES AND HOT SPRINGS EXTRACT, Pages 197-203, G. Flynn, P. Fraundorf, J. Shirck, R.M. Walker
EXPERIMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE EXISTENCE OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS IN ALLENDE ACID RESIDUES, Pages 204-205, G. Flynn, P. Fraundorf, J. Shirck, R.M. Walker, C. Stéphan, M. Epherre, C. Cieślak, M. Sowiński, J. Tys
A CRITICAL TEST OF THE SUPERHEAVY FISSION ORIGIN OF ANOMALOUS XENON IN ALLENDE, Page 206, G. Flynn, M. Loubet
A FUTURE EXPERIMENTAL TEST FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SH ELEMENTS IN NATURE, Pages 207-215, G. Flynn, P. Fraundorf, J. Shirck, R.M. Walker
LONG-RANGE FISSION FRAGMENTS FROM RADIOGENIC LEAD, Pages 216-227, J. Malý, D.R. Walz
A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR THE FORMATION OF BLEACHED, GIANT HALOES IN MADAGASCAN MICA, Pages 228-235, E.R. Vance
Introduction to THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS FOR SHE, Page 236, M. Goldhaber, K.E. Wood
Prediction of SHE Half-Lives on the basis of a Single-Particle Potential, Pages 237-273, Sven Gösta Nilsson
PRESENT STATUS IN THE HALF-LIFE PREDICTIONS FOR SHE, Pages 274-283, Adam Sobiczewski
STABILITY OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS: ROTATION AND INTERNAL EXCITATION LIMITS, Pages 284-295, M.G. Mustafa
A SELF-CONSISTENT ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO NON-LOCAL POTENTIAL AND SHELL STRUCTURE OF SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI, Pages 296-308, M.A.K. Lodhi
ON THE MAGICITY OF THE NEUTRON NUMBER N = 228, Pages 309-326, M. Brack, P. Quentin, D. Vautherin
A COMMENT ON EXTRAPOLATED SINGLE PARTICLE SPECTRA FOR SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI, Pages 327-340, F. Petrovich
INFLUENCE OF VARIABLE NUCLEAR DENSITY DISTRIBUTION ON FISSION BARRIERS BETWEEN THE SADDLE AND THE SEISSION POINTS AND PREDICTIONS FOR SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 341-362, F.B. Malik, Irving Reichstein
STABILITY OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS IN THE LIGHT OF SINGLE PARTICLE STATES OF THE ACTINIDES, Pages 363-386, R.R. Chasman
SHELL-STRUCTURE OF 114298 AND 126354 WITH SOME SKYRME-FORCES, Pages 387-389, H.S. Köhler
STATISTICAL THEORY OF FISSION AND SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 390-394, Peter Fong
Introduction to ATOMIC PHENOMENA RELEVANT TO SHE, Page 395, S. Kohler, B.T. Waak
ELECTRONIC SPECTRA IN SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 396-406, H.C. Corben, Eli Honig
MODEL EXPERIMENTS WITH SHORT-LIVED NUCLIDES FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR OF NEW ELEMENTS, Pages 407-414, G. Heinlein, K. Bächmann, J. Rudolph
X-RAYS AND POSITRONS FROM HEAVY-ION COLLISIONS, Pages 415-428, W.E. Meyerhof
A POSSIBLE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF SUPERHEAVY QUASI-MOLECULES, Pages 429-441, W. Wölfli, Ch. Stoller, E. Morenzoni, G. Bonani, M. Stöckli
POSSIBLE MUONIC TRANSITIONS AND X-RAY SPECTRA FROM SUPERHEAVY ELEMENT, Pages 442-450, A.K. Ray, S.S. Wald, M.A.K. Lodhi
Introduction to MODELS AND TECHNIQUES PERTAINING TO SHE, Page 451, A.G.W. Cameron, Y.W. Yen
ALPHA-DECAY OF HEAVY AND SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI, Pages 452-466, Daphne F. Jackson
EXACT CALCULATIONS FOR PENETRABILITY AND THE PREDICTION OF THE SPONTANEOUS FISSION HALF-LIVES OF SUPER-HEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 467-478, S.S. Wald, A.K. Ray, M.A.K. Lodhi
FORMATION OF SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI BY HEAVY-ION FUSION, Pages 479-494, Arnold J. Sierk
FEASIBILITY STUDIES OF THERMONUCLEAR NEUTRON CAPTURE SYNTHESIS OF SHE, Pages 495-498, H.W. Meldner
SYNTHESIS OF SUPERHEAVY ELEMENTS IN THE r-PROCESS, Pages 499-514, V.E. Viola Jr., G.J. Mathews
THE HELIUM-DRIVEN R-PROCESS AND POSSIBLE SUPERHEAVY ELEMENT PRODUCTION, Pages 515-523, J.W. Truran, J.J. Cowan, A.G.W. Cameron
SUPERHEAVY TOROIDAL NUCLEI, Pages 524-533, Cheuk-Yin Wong
ON A CHANCE OF SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI WITH BUBBLE GEOMETRY, Pages 534-541, Andrzej Łukasiak, Adam Sobiczewski
POSSIBLE COSMIC RAY SUPERHEAVY EVENT, Pages 542-556, W.Z. Osborne
CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF HEAVY AND SUPER-HEAVY ELEMENTS, Pages 557-563, J. Gibson Winans
A More Exact Uncertainty Principle, Pages 564-568, J. Gibson Winans
Introduction to FINAL PLENARY SESSION, Page 569, N.R. Fletcher, S.S. Wald
SUMMARY OF THE SYMPOSIUM, Pages 570-572, George A. Cowan
LIST OF REGISTRANTS, Pages 573-577
AUTHORS INDEX, Page 578
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 579-583