Presentations of the International Symposium

Super Heavy Nuclei 2015

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, March 31 - April 02, 2015

March 31, 2015
Opening

Introduction

Witold Nazarewicz, FRIB/NSCL MSU, USA – Super heavy Nuclei: Theoretical Challenges
Yuri Oganessian, FLNR-JINR/TAMU Russia/USA – Symposium on Super Heavy Nuclei: Our Expectations

At the Border of the Island of the Super Heavy Nuclei

Sigurd Hofmann, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – Super-Heavy Nuclei: Current Status And Future Developments
Vladimir Utyonkov FLNR-JINR, Russia – Synthesis of Super heavy Nuclei at Limits of Stability: 239,240Pu + 48Ca and 249-251Cf + 48Ca Reactions
Kosuki Morita, RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan – SHE research at RIKEN/GARIS
Anatoli Afanasjev, Mississippi State University, USA – Recent progress in the study of the heaviest nuclei in covariant density functional theory
William H. Bassichis, Texas A&M University, USA – Ancient Map: Island of Stability

Decay Properties and Nuclear Structure of the Heaviest Nuclei

Jacklyn Gates, LBNL, USA – Decay Spectroscopy of Element 115 Daughters
Michael Itkis, FLNR-JINR, Russia – Production of new neutron rich heavy and super heavy nuclei
Adam Sobiczewski, NCNR, Poland – Theoretical Description of Decay Properties of Super Heavy Nuclei
Mark Stoyer, LLNL, USA – Approaching the Island of Stability: Synthesizing the Heaviest Elements
Alexander Yeremin, FLNR-JINR, Russia – Spectroscopy of Transfermium Isotopes at Dubna: Results and Plans
Zhongzhou Ren, Nanjing University, China – Nuclear Charge Radii of Super Heavy Nuclei and Exotic Nuclei From the Experimental Decay Data
Michael Kowal, NCNR, Poland – Candidates for Long Lived High-K Ground States in Super Heavy Nuclei
Dieter Ackermann, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – Paving the Way to the Island of Stability – Super Heavy Element Research at GSI and Beyond
Rolf Herzberg, University of Liverpool, UK – Combined Electron and Gamma Spectroscopy of Heavy Nuclei – Optimizing the SAGE Spectrometer
Peter Möller, LANL, USA – Comments on Super Heavy-Element Stability and Production
George Souliotis, National University of Athens, Greece – Microscopic Calculations of Low Energy Fission within the CoMD (Constrained Molecular Dynamics) Model

April 01, 2015

Reactions of Synthesis of New Elements and Isotopes

Walter Loveland, Oregon State University, USA – Heavy Element Synthesis Reaction Mechanisms
Gurgen Adamian, BLTP-JINR, Russia – Isotopic Trends in Production of Superheavy Nuclei
Cody Folden, Texas A&M University, USA – Production of Near-Spherical Nuclei in Hot Fusion Reactions
Galina Knyazheva, FLNR-JINR, Russia – Fusion probabilities in heavy ion induced reactions
Alexander Karpov, FLNR-JINR, Russia – Superheavy nuclei: which regions of nuclear map are accessible in the nearest future
Dariusz Seweryniak, ANL, USA – Recent Spectroscopic Results Near the Z=100, N=152 Closed Shells
Gottfried Muenzenberg, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – SHE Research with Rare-Isotope Beams – Challenges and Perspectives
Sophia Heinz, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – Probing the Stability of Superheavy Nuclei with Radioactive Ion Beams
Sait Umar, Vanderbilt University, USA – Dynamics of Quasifission and Fission
Andzei Wieloch, SIP, Jagiellonian University, Poland – New Experimental Approach to the Super and Hyper Nuclei Search
Katsuhisa Nishio, ASRC, JAEA, Japan – In-beam fission study at JAEA

Super Heavy Atoms. Chemistry of the Super Heavy Elements

Hartmut Backe, Universität Mainz, Germany – Prospects for Laser Spectroscopy at Superheavy Elements
Valeria Pershina, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – Advanced Theoretical Studies for Chemical Identification of the Superheavy Elements
Christoph Düllmann, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – Chemical studies of the heaviest elements
Robert Eichler, Heavy Elements group, PSI-University of Bern, Switzerland – Superheavy Element Chemistry from Switzerland
Yuichiro Nagame, ASRC, JAEA, Japan – Chemical Studies of the Heaviest Elements at JAEA

Production and Fabrication of Actinide Targets

James Roberto, ORNL, USA – Production and fabrication of actinide targets for super-heavy element research
Michail Onegin, NPI, St. Petersburg, Russia – Investigation of the Possibilities of Heavy Actinide Isotopes Production in High-flux Reactor PIK
Klaus Eberhardt, Universität Mainz, Germany – Fabrication and characterization of actinide targets for super-heavy element studies
Rose A. Boll, ORNL, USA – Actinide Materials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

April 02, 2015

Accelerator Facilities and Setups

Sherry Yennello, Texas A&M University, USA – Rare Isotope Beams at TAMU Cyclotron Institute
Sergey Dmitriev, FLNR-JINR, Russia – FLNR SHE Factory
Christelle Stodel, GANIL, France – Study of very heavy nuclei at GANIL- SPIRAL2 facilities
Michael Thoennessen, NSCL, MSU, USA – The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Winfried Barth, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – R&D Activities Towards a Future CW LINAC at GSI
Michael Block, GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Germany – Nuclear Structure Revealed by High-Precision Mass Measurements
Greg Chubarian, Texas A&M University, USA – High efficiency recoil spectrometer for Superheavy Element Factory
Zach Kohley NSCL, MSU, USA – Opportunities to study the SHE production mechanism with rare isotopes at the ReA3 facility
Aditya Wakhle, NSCL, MSU, USA – Isospin Dependence of Quasifission and Heavy-ion Fusion with Neutron Rich RIB’s
Andrey Popeko, FLNR-JINR, Russia – On-line Separators for the Dubna Superheavy Element Factory
Oleg Tarasov, NSCL, MSU, USA – Using LISE++ for heavy ion reactions at low energies
Nathan Brewer, ORNL, USA – Microsecond Activity from a-emitters observed at the DGFRS with Digital Electronics