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Nuclear Physics: Present and Future

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  • Showcases new territories on the nuclear map
  • Presents nuclear structure and nucleon transfer in superheavy systems in detail
  • Emphasizes relativistic collisions and probing of supercritical fields

Part of the book series: FIAS Interdisciplinary Science Series (FIAS)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Dedication to Prof. Mikhail Itkis

    • Walter Greiner
    Pages 1-6
  3. Superheavy Elements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Opening New Lands on the Nuclear Map

      • Valeriy Zagrebaev, Walter Greiner
      Pages 21-31
    3. Superheavy Element Chemistry

      • Robert Eichler
      Pages 33-43
  4. Nuclear Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
    2. New Insights into the Structure of Neutron-Rich Nuclei \(A=108-118\) and \(^{160-162}\)Gd

      • J. H. Hamilton, Y. X. Luo, A. V. Ramayya, J. K. Hwang, E. H. Wang, N. T. Brewer et al.
      Pages 57-67
    3. Paradigmatic Lessons from Nuclear Driplines

      • J. S. Vaagen, S. N. Ershov, M. V. Zhukov
      Pages 69-78
    4. Preliminary Results on Observation of New Shape Isomers

      • Yu. V. Pyatkov, D. V. Kamanin, A. A. Alexandrov, I. A. Alexandrova, N. A. Kondratyev, E. A. Kuznetsova et al.
      Pages 79-88
    5. Features of Nuclear Reactions with Light Weakly Bound Nuclei at Energies Near the Coulomb Barrier

      • N. K. Skobelev, Y. E. Penionzhkevich, S. M. Lukyanov, V. Kroha, A. Kugler, J. Mrázek
      Pages 89-98
    6. Stability Peninsulas in the Neutron-Rich Sector

      • K. A. Gridnev, V. N. Tarasov, D. K. Gridnev, X. Viñas, Walter Greiner
      Pages 99-105
  5. Nuclear Fission

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. Dynamics of Collinear Ternary Fission

      • Wolfram von Oertzen, K. R. Vijayaraghavan, M. Balasubramaniam
      Pages 109-120
    3. General Laws of Quantum and Statistical Mechanics Governing Fission

      • Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Beatriz Jurado
      Pages 121-129
    4. How Rare Is Cluster Decay of Superheavy Nuclei?

      • D. N. Poenaru, R. A. Gherghescu, W. Greiner, N. S. Shakib
      Pages 131-140
    5. New Kind of Nuclear Multi-body Decay (CCT)—Status and Perspectives of Studies

      • D. V. Kamanin, Yu. V. Pyatkov, A. A. Alexandrov, I. A. Alexandrova, N. Mkaza, N. A. Kondratyev et al.
      Pages 141-150
    6. Possible Production of Neutron-Rich Heavy Nuclei in Fissile Spallation Targets

      • Igor Mishustin, Yury Malyshkin, Igor Pshenichnov, Walter Greiner
      Pages 151-161
  6. Heavy Ion Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

About this book

State-of-the-art survey by leading experts in the field. Major foci are superheavy nuclei and neutron-rich exotic nuclei. In addition new developments in nuclear fission and nuclear cluster decay are shown. Finally developments in relativistic heavy ion collisions and the physics of supercritical fields are detailed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

    Walter Greiner

About the editor

Prof. Dr. Dr. H.C. Mult Walter Greiner, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS).

Bibliographic Information

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 99.00
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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