------------------------------------------------------------ RECORD NO.: 3714253 INSPEC Abstract No: A90122954 AUTHOR: Cook, N.D. CORP SOURCE: Neurology Clinic, Zurich Univ. Hospital, Switzerland TITLE: The attenuation of the periodic table SOURCE: Modern Physics Letters A, vol.5, no.17, p. 1321-8 ISSN: 0217-7323 CODEN: MPLAEQ PLACE OF PUBL: Singapore LANGUAGE: English YEAR: 20 July 1990 TREATMENT: T Theoretical or Mathematical ABSTRACT: Unique among models of nuclear structure, the face-centered- cubic (FCC) lattice model predicts the attenuation of the periodic table at Z<110 and the impossibility of superheavy nuclei. The total binding energies of superheavy nuclei in the FCC model (109<Z<127) were calculated on the basis of parameters obtained from a least-squares best-fit for 914 nuclei (Z<99). No indication of increased stability was found for any of the transuranic elements (13 Refs.) DESCRIPTORS: nuclear binding energy; superheavy nuclei IDENTIFIERS: attenuation; periodic table; face-centered-cubic; lattice model; superheavy nuclei; binding energies; FCC model; transuranic elements CLASS CODES: A2110D (Binding energy and masses); A2790 (220 <or= A) ------------------------------------------------------------