Origin of Elements in the Solar System: Implications of Post-1957 Observations Book

	Contributors
	Preface and Dedication
	Acknowledgements
	Contents
Pt. I	Glenn Seaborg and the Quest for Superheavy Elements	1
	Ghiorso Remembers Seaborg	3
	Superheavy Elements at Berkeley: The Culmination of Seaborg's Career	21
	The Discovery of Superheavy Elements 107-112 and of the Deformed Shell at N = 162	35
Pt. II	The Nuclear Reactions that Made Our Elements	49
	The Decay of [superscript 19]N	51
	Measuring the Astrophysics Rate of the [superscript 21]Na(p,[gamma])[superscript 22]Mg Reaction	63
	Production and [beta]-Decay Half-Lives of Very-N-Rich Nuclei	71
	The Role of the N = 28 and N = 40 Closed Shells in the Production of the Neutron-Rich Ca-Ti-Cr-Fe-Ni Elements in the Universe	81
	Experimental Studies Related to s-Process Abundances	93
	Neutron Capture Cross Section Measurements for the Analysis of the s-Process	103
	About the Reliability of Extrapolation of Nuclear Structure Data for r-Process Calculations	111
	The Astrophysical r-Process	119
	Nuclear Aspects of Stellar and Explosive Nucleosynthesis	143
	Proton Captures in the Atmosphere of Accreting Neutron Stars	153
Pt. III	A Cosmological View of Nucleo-Synthesis	165
	The Origin of the Elements	167
	Chemical Evolution Tomorrow	175
	LiBeB Nucleosynthesis and Clues to the Chemical Evolution of the Universe	189
	Measurement of the 44Ti Half-life and its Significance for Supernovae	203
	On the Half-Life of [superscript 44]Ti in Young Supernova Remnants	211
	Abundances in SN 1987A and other Supernovae	217
	The Birth of Planetary Systems Directly from Supernovae	225
	Bipolar Outflows in Stellar Astrophysics	241
Pt. IV	Nuclides in the Sun	251
	Mini-blackhole at the Solar Center and Isotopic Abundances in the Primitive Solar Nebula	253
	Abundances of the Elements in the Sun	261
	Isotopic Ratios: The Key to Elemental Abundances and Nuclear Reactions in the Sun	279
	Critical Evaluation of CI Chondrites as the Solar System Standard of Elemental Abundances	289
	Sensitivity of Solar Oscillation Frequencies to Element Abundances	301
	Inverse and Forward Helioseismology: Understanding the Interior Composition and Structure of the Present Sun	317
	Heterogeneous Accretion of the Sun and the Inner Planets	345
	Interstellar Matter, and Solar System	351
Pt. V	Nuclides in the Sun's Planetary System	359
	Isotope Anomalies in Tellurium in Interstellar Diamonds	361
	Isotope Abundance Anomalies in Meteorites: Clues to Yields of Individual Nucleosynthesis Processes	369
	Variation of Molybdenum Isotopic Composition in Iron Meteorites	385
	Iron Meteorites and Paradigm Shifts	401
	Chronology of Early Solar System Events: Dating with Short-lived Nuclides	407
	Xenology, FUN Anomalies and the Plutonium-244 Story	431
	Extinct [superscript 244]Pu: Chronology of Early Solar System Formation	501
	A Search for Natural Pu-244 in Deep-Sea Sediment: Progress Report	511
	Strange Xenon Isotope Ratios in Jupiter	519
	Abundances of Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes in Jupiter	529
	The Possible Role of PeP Weak Interactions in the Early History of the Earth	545
	Ce-Nd-Sr Isotope Systematics of Eucrites and Lunar Rocks	555
Pt. VI	The Origin of the Solar System	573
	Abundance of [superscript 182]Hf and the Supernova Model of the Solar System	575
	Binary Origin of Solar System	581
	Origin of Elements in the Solar System	589
	Author Index	645