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The possibility to produce superheavy elements in the course of low-yield nuclear explosions is analyzed within a simple kinetic model which includes neutron capture, gamma-emission, fission and particle evaporation from excited nuclei. We…
Using the dinuclear system concept we present calculations of production cross sections for the heaviest nuclei. The obtained results are in a good agreement with the experimental data. The experimentally observed rapid fall-off of the…
We present the results of the experimental study on synthesis of a wide range of isotopes in a superdense plasma. The initial conditions necessary for plasma bunch formation were provided by specially organized coherent impact on a solid…
The possibility of forming new superheavy elements with projectiles having Z > 20 is discussed. Current research has focused on the fusion of 48Ca with actinides targets, but these reactions cannot be used for new element discoveries in the…
We review the progress in atomic structure theory with a focus on superheavy elements and the aim to predict their ground state configuration and element's placement in the periodic table. To understand the electronic structure and…
This paper presents two facets. First, we show that the periodic table of chemical elements can be described, understood and modified (as far as its format is concerned) on the basis of group theory and more specifically by using the group…
Periodic table of chemical elements symbolizes an elegant graphical representation of symmetry at atomic level and provides an overview on arrangement of electrons. It started merely as tabular representation of chemical elements, later got…
By using the improved Quantum Molecular Dynamics model, the $^{244}$Pu+$^{244}$Pu, $^{238}$U+$^{238}$U and $^{197}$Au+$^{197}$Au reactions at the energy range of $E_{c.m.}$=800 $MeV$ to 2000 $MeV$ are studied. We find that the production…
We investigate the observational constraints on the inhomogeneous big-bang nucleosynthesis that Matsuura et al. suggested the possibility of the heavy element production beyond ${}^7$Li in the early universe. From the observational…
Based on our recent theoretical findings (Phys. Rev. C 99, 054620 (2019)) it is shown that proton and deuteron capture reactions of extremely low energy may have accountable rate in the case of all elements of the periodic table. Certain…
To synthesize new superheavy elements, the accurate prediction of nuclear masses of superheavy nuclei is essential for calculations of reaction $Q$ values, neutron separation energies and $\alpha$-decay energies, which are important for…
Unveiling numerical trends among either atomic or equivalent weights that somehow preserved resemblances among elements was frequent in the 1860s. Standing out from the crowd, Meyer and Mendeleev went beyond numerical relationships,…
The possibility of Group 12 elements, such as Zn, Cd, and Hg existing in an oxidation state of +III or higher and hence transforming them into transition metals has fascinated chemists for decades. It took nearly 20 years before experiment…
The supernova yields of several heavy elements including alpha-, iron-group, and r-process elements are obtained as a function of the mass of their progenitor main-sequence stars M_ms from the abundance patterns of extremely metal-poor…
In order to characterize the mass density of superheavy elements, we solve numerically the relativistic Thomas-Fermi model of an atom. To obtain a range of mass densities for superheavy matter, this model is supplemented with an estimation…
Advanced theoretical techniques that combine the linearized coupled-cluster method, configuration interaction method, and perturbation theory are used to calculate energy levels, ionization potentials, electron affinities, field isotope…
The combined dinuclear system (DNS) and statistical model implanted in KEWPIE2 have been used to study the prospects for the synthesis of a superheavy element (SHE) with $Z=119$ in the $^{54}$Cr+$^{243}$Am fusion reaction. The method of…
In this lecture we review high-pressure phase transition sequences exhibited by simple elements, looking at the examples of the main group I, II, IV, V, and VI elements. General trends are established by analyzing the changes in…
The cross section for producing a heavy reaction product, $\sigma$$_{EVR}$, can be represented by the equation \sigma_{EVR} = \sum_{J=0}^{J_\max} \sigma_{capture} (E_{c.m.},J) P_{CN} (E^*,J) W_{sur}(E^*,J), where…
The first adiabatic exponent profile, noted $\Gamma_1$, computed along adiabatic coordinates $(T, \rho)$ is in the focus of our study. Under conditions of almost fully ionized hydrogen and helium, the $\Gamma_1$ profile is quite sensitive…