Super Heavy Elements

Research - Prospects for the Next Decade

December 18-20, 2008

Kraków, Poland

Organized by:

Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, 30-059 Krakow

Andrzej Wieloch (Chairman), Zbigniew Sosin, Tomasz Kozik

http://confer.uj.edu.pl/sheresearch/

14:00  Lunch, Institute of Physics, cafeteria

15:15  Christelle Stodel  (GANIL, Caen )

           "Status of the activity EURONS-SHE"

Chairperson: Kazimierz Grotowski

15:15  Adam Sobiczewski  ( Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Swierk )

           "Fission barriers of superheavy nuclei"

15:45  Jan Błocki  ( Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Swierk )

           "Search for Superheavies - 50 years history"

16:15  Coffee break

16:45  Dieter Ackermann (GSI, Darmstadt)

           "SHE research at GSI - present state and prospectives"

17:15  Eryk Piasecki  (Warsaw University)

           "New results in fusion barrier distributions" 

19:00  Conference dinner (Resturant CK Dezerterzy, ul. Bracka 6, see maps on the Conference pages)

 Chairperson: Christelle Stodel

 9:00   Zbigniew Majka  (FAIR/ Jagiellonian University, Krakow)

           "Fair project - facility, research, status"

 9:30   Antoine Drouart ( DAPNIA/ SPhN, CEA Saclay )

           "SPIRAL2, S3 and SHE"

10:00  Lise-Lotte Andersson ( Lund University )

           “TASISpec detection system”

10:30  Coffee break

Chairperson: Antoine Drouart

11:00  Christelle Stodel  (GANIL, Caen)

            "Targets for S3 at SPIRAL2"  

11:30  Adam Maj  (The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow)

           "GDR in hot superheavy nuclei. Can PARIS, a novel gamma calorimeter, help?"  

12:30  Jagiellonian University Museum, guided tour

14:00  Lunch, Institute of Physics, cafeteria

Chairperson: Jan Blocki

15:00  Przemyslaw Banka ( Jagiellonian University, Krakow )

           "Gas detector for the background minimization in the search of the super heavy ions"

15:30  Paul Greenlees  ( University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskula )

           "Rotational properties of transfermium nuclei"

16:00  Stanislav Antalic (Comenius University, Bratislava)
         "Spectroscopy of Transfermium Isotopes at SHIP"

16:30  Coffee break

Chairperson: Dieter Ackermann

17:00  Katarzyna Mazurek  (The Henryk Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow)

           "Tetrahedral shapes - new enhanced stability islands on the nuclear chart from light to superheavy elements"

17:30  Roman Planeta ( Jagiellonian University, Krakow )

            "Quest for hyper-heavy toroidal nuclear structures"

18:00  Andrzej Wieloch (Jagiellonian University, Krakow)

           "Alternative experimental method for superheavy elements production ?"

18:30  Adam Sobiczewski  and Christelle Stodel 

         "Concluding remarks"

9:00  Closing of the workshop, entertainment, Institute of Physics, cafeteria

10:00 –14:00 Trip to the Salt Mine of Wieliczka, starting from the Institute of

                       Physics, see e.g.  http://www.krakow-info.com/wielicz.htm