https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01468-3
Editorial
Heavy and super-heavy nuclei and elements: production and properties
Editorial preface to the topical collection
1
Université Paris-Saclay, IRFU, CEA, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
2
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 113bis, 28006, Madrid, Spain
3
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
4
Department of Mathematical Physics, Lund University, 221 00, Lund, Sweden
5
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
Received:
5
September
2023
Accepted:
11
September
2024
Published online:
10
January
2025
The advances in understanding and producing heavy and super-heavy elements is the subject of this topical collection. The main covered subjects are: the description of the theory, developments of super-heavies and the determination of the Island of Stability as well as the role of these nuclei as part of the r-process scenario. The accurate determination of reaction processes are crucial to enable advances in the production of the heaviest elements. A short summary of the achievements at some of the facilities, their improved spectrometers and recent spectroscopy results complete this topical collection.
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