Controlled Nucleosynthesis: Breakthroughs in Experiment and Theory

by S.V. Adamenko (Editor), Franco Selleri (Editor), Alwyn van der Merwe (Editor)

This book ushers in a new era of experimental and theoretical investigations into collective processes, structure formation, and self-organization of nuclear matter. It reports the results of experiments wherein for the first time the nuclei constituting our world (those displayed in Mendeleev's table as well as the super-heavy ones) have been artificially created. Pioneering breakthroughs are described, achieved at the "Proton-21" Laboratory, Kiev, Ukraine in a variety of new physical and technological directions.

798 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 2007