------------------------------------------------------------ 


   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)
 
------------------------------------------------------------