Chemical signatures for superheavy elementary particles

Journal Article · Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.213.4508.607· OSTI ID:6936554

Cahn, R N ^[1]; Glashow, S L

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA

Models of unified fundamental interactions suggest the existence of many particles in the mass range 10 x 10/sup 9/ to 100 x 10/sup 12/ electron volts. Among these may be charged particles, X/sup + -/, that are stable or nearly so. The X/sup +/'s would form superheavy hydrogen, while the X/sup -/'s would bind to nuclei. Chemical isolation of naturally occuring technetium, promethium, actinium, protactinium, neptunium, or americium would indicate the presence of superheavy particles in the forms RuX/sup -/, SmX/sup -/, /sup 232/ThX/sup -/, /sup 235,236,238/UX/sup -/, /sup 244/PuX/sup -/, or /sup 247/CmX/sup -/. Other substances worth searching for include superheavy elements with the chemical properties of boron, fluorine, manganese, beryllium, scandium, vanadium, lithium, neon, and thallium.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6936554
• Journal Information: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Vol. 213:4508
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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