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Albert Ghiorso

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Physical Chemistry

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Albert Ghiorso

Physics

#458

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#801

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#222

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Albert Ghiorso's Degrees

PhD Chemistry University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Albert Ghiorso was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. His research career spanned six decades, from the early 1940s to the late 1990s.

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Observation of Superheavy Nuclei Produced in the Reaction of K 86 r with P 208 b (1999) (136)
Heavy Isotope Abundances in Mike Thermonuclear Device (1960) (117)
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF TWO ALPHA-PARTICLE-EMITTING ISOTOPES OF ELEMENT 104. (1969) (98)
Artificial Chains Collateral to the Heavy Radioactive Families (1951) (77)
Sassy, a gas-filled magnetic separator for the study of fusion reaction products (1988) (77)
Search for Superheavy Elements in the Bombardment of Cm-248 with Ca-48 (1977) (76)
ALPHA-RADIOACTIVITY IN THE 82-NEUTRON REGION (1953) (71)
The New Elements Einsteinium and Fermium, Atomic Numbers 99 and 100 (1955) (68)
The Specific Alpha-Activities and Half-Lives of U 234 , U 235 , and U 236 (1952) (63)
Analysis of Excitation Functions in Cm(C,xn)No Reactions (1968) (63)
Chemical separation of rutherfordium (1970) (62)
ISOTOPES OF ELEMENT 102 WITH MASS 251 TO 258 (1967) (60)
261Rf; new isotope of element 104☆ (1970) (57)
Nobelium: Tracer Chemistry of the Divalent and Trivalent Ions (1968) (55)
New Element, Lawrencium, Atomic Number 103 (1961) (54)
Systematics of Alpha-Radioactivity (1949) (54)
Spontaneous fission of light fermium isotopes; New nuclides 244Fm and 245Fm (1967) (53)
NEW ELEMENT HAHNIUM, ATOMIC NUMBER 105. (1970) (52)
Chloride complexation of element 104 (1980) (49)
The New ELement Mendelevium, Atomic Number 101 (1955) (49)
ELEMENT NO. 102 (1958) (48)
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS IN THERMONUCLEAR TEST DEBRIS (1956) (47)
Studies of Lawrencium Isotopes with Mass Numbers 255 Through 260 (1971) (43)
The 4n + 1 Radioactive Series: The Decay Products of U 233 (1947) (42)
The Transuranium People: The Inside Story (2000) (41)
Radioactivity of Astatine Isotopes (1951) (38)
SPONTANEOUS-FISSION HALF-LIFE OF $sup 258$Fm AND NUCLEAR INSTABILITY. (1971) (37)
Evidence for the synthesis of 267110 produced by the 59Co+209Bi reaction (1995) (35)
Isomeric States in Fm-250 and No-254 (1973) (35)
The Bevalac -- An Economical Facility for Very Energetic Heavy Particle Research (1973) (30)
Editorial Note: Observation of Superheavy Nuclei Produced in the Reaction of 86 Kr with 208 Pb [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1104 (1999)] (2002) (29)
The search for element 102 (1967) (29)
Alpha decay of neutron deficient polonium and bismuth isotopes (1981) (28)
NEW ISOTOPES OF EINSTEINIUM (1956) (27)
ATTEMPTS TO CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF THE 10-MINUTE ISOTOPE OF 102 (1958) (26)
Search for volatile superheavy elements from the reaction 248Cm + 48Ca (1978) (26)
Tracer chemical studies of lawrencium (1970) (26)
Spontaneous Fission of U 234 , Pu 236 , Cm 240 , and Cm 244 (1952) (26)
Determination of the NO(II)NO(III) potential from tracer experiments (1969) (26)
The Alpha-Branching of AcK and the Presence of Astatine in Nature (1953) (25)
Decay properties of the new isotope 243Cf and of 244Cf (1967) (25)
The new nuclide nobelium-259 (1973) (25)
Observations in the reaction of two magic nuclei: 208Pb and 48Ca☆ (1979) (24)
Alpha-Decay Energies of Polonium Isotopes (1951) (24)
THE NEW ELEMENT CALIFORNIUM (ATOMIC NUMBER 98) (1950) (23)
Further Work on Heavy Collateral Radioactive Chains (1952) (22)
A search for superheavy elements with half-lives between a few minutes and several hundred days, produced in the 48Ca+248Cm reaction (1978) (22)
NEW ISOTOPES OF AMERICIUM, BERKELIUM AND CALIFORNIUM (1954) (22)
Preparation of Transplutonium Isotopes by Neutron Irradiation (1950) (21)
An orthotropic source of thermal atoms (1995) (21)
Reactions of U 238 with Cyclotron-Produced Nitrogen Ions (1954) (21)
Low Mass Francium and Emanation Isotopes of High Alpha Stability (1949) (20)
The New Isotope Pu 242 and Additional Information on Other Plutonium Isotopes (1950) (20)
The Isotopes of Americium (1950) (20)
Decay Properties of the Nuclides Fermium-256 and -257 and Mendelevium-255, -256, and -257 (1965) (20)
Production and Properties of the Nuclides Fermium-250, 251, and 252 (1957) (18)
SEARCH FOR AN 80-ms SPONTANEOUS FISSION ACTIVITY IN BOMBARDMENTS OF 249Bk WITH 15N (1981) (17)
ISOTOPES OF CURIUM, BERKELIUM, AND CALIFORNIUM (1954) (16)
The New Element Berkelium (Atomic Number 97) (1950) (15)
Artificial Collateral Chains to the Thorium and Actinium Families (1948) (15)
Fragment mass and kinetic-energy distributions from spontaneous fission of the neutron-deficient isotopes, 1. 2-s /sup 246/Fm and 38-s /sup 248/Fm (1980) (15)
NUCLEAR PROPERTIES OF SOME ISOTOPES OF CALIFORNIUM, ELEMENTS 99 AND 100 (1954) (15)
Half-Life for Double Beta-Decay (1949) (14)
NEW ISOTOPES OF BERKELIUM AND CALIFORNIUM (1951) (14)
CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES FROM BOMBARDMENT OF URANIUM WITH CARBON IONS (1950) (14)
TWO NEW ALPHA-PARTICLE EMITTING ISOTOPES OF ELEMENT 105, $sup 261$Ha AND $sup 262$Ha. (1971) (14)
COMPLEX ALPHA-SPECTRUM OF U$sup 23$$sup 5$ (1951) (14)
NUCLEAR PROPERTIES OF 100$sup 25$$sup 6$ (1955) (14)
Defence of the Berkeley Work on Alpha-emitting Isotopes of Element 104 (1971) (13)
Isomeric States inBi212 (1978) (13)
The New Element Curium (Atomic Number 96) (1948) (13)
TRANSCURIUM ISOTOPES PRODUCED IN THE NEUTRON IRRADIATION OF PLUTONIUM (1953) (12)
Three Additional Collateral Alpha-Decay Chains (1949) (12)
Spontaneous fission of /sup 259/Md (1979) (12)
THE REACTIONS OF URANIUM-238 WITH CARBON IONS (1958) (12)
Solution chemistry of element 104 (1975) (11)
Responses on 'Discovery of the transfermium elements' by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, California; Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna; and Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt followed by reply to responses by the Transfermium Working Group (1993) (10)
Alpha Decay of No 255 and No 257 (1970) (10)
Fission properties of the 1.5-s spontaneous fission activity produced in bombardment of Cm 248 with O 18 (1981) (10)
SOME PILE NEUTRON CROSS SECTIONS OF ISOTOPES OF AMERI-CIUM, BERKELIUM, CALIFORNIUM, AND ELEMENT 99 (1954) (10)
Evidence for Subshell at N=152 (1954) (9)
RECENT STUDIES OF THE ISOTOPES OF EMANATION, FRANCIUM AND RADIUM (1952) (9)
Invited Paper-The Omnitron: A Versatile Medium-Energy Synchrotron for the Acceleration of Light and Heavy Ions (1966) (9)
New californium isotope, 242Cf☆ (1967) (9)
MASS ASSIGNMENTS OF ALPHA-ACTIVE ISOTOPES IN THE RARE EARTH REGION (1950) (9)
A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS (1982) (8)
FURTHER PRODUCTION OF TRANSCURIUM NUCLIDES BY NEUTRON IRRADIATION (1954) (8)
Comments on “chemical separation of kurchatovium” (1971) (8)
New Low Mass Isotopes of Emanation (Element 86) (1949) (8)
SLOW NEUTRON FISSION OF Am242, Am242m, and Am243 (1951) (8)
The Uranium IsotopeU236 (1951) (8)
TWO NEW ISOTOPES OF EINSTEINIUM, 243Es AND 244Es (1972) (8)
L ELECTRON CAPTURE AND ALPHA DECAY IN Np$sup 23$$sup 5$ (1951) (7)
Spontaneous Fission of U234, Pu236, Cm240, and Cm244 (1952) (7)
Spontaneous Fission Rate of Cf 246 (1953) (7)
Recoil spectrometer for the detection of single atoms (1988) (7)
Properties of the Isotope Pu 243 (1951) (6)
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor (Book) (2004) (5)
EINSTEINIUM AND FERMIUM (2003) (5)
NUCLEAR PROPERTIES OF 100256 (1955) (5)
THERMAL NEUTRON FISSION OF Am-241 (1951) (5)
The Uranium Isotope U236 (1950) (4)
Disputed Discovery of Element 105 (1971) (4)
The Thermal Neutron Fission and Capture Cross Section of U 232 (1953) (4)
The Newest Synthetic Elements (1956) (4)
The Specific Alpha-Activity ofU235 (1951) (4)
Alpha-Decay Systematics of the Heavy Elements (1948) (3)
STUDY OF Dy($sup 40$Ar,xn)Po REACTIONS. (1970) (3)
Relation Between Half-Life and Energy in Alpha-Decay (1949) (3)
HEAVY ION REACTIONS WITH HEAVY ELEMENTS (1958) (3)
Search of Superheavy Elements Produced in the 136Xe + 238U Reaction and an Upper Limit Cross Section for the natGd(136Xe, X)212Pb Reaction (1977) (3)
Alpha-Decay in Isotopes of Atomic Number Less Than 83 - eScholarship (1949) (2)
A SIMPLE SPUTTERING SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR-SCIENCE APPLICATIONS (1977) (2)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON REACTIONS BETWEEN COMPLEX NUCLEI, HELD AT ASILOMAR (PACIFIC GROVE, CALIFORNIA) APRIL 14-18, 1963 (1963) (2)
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1999) (2)
The 4n + 1 Radioactive Series: The Decay Products of U$sup 23$$sup 3$ (1946) (2)
New accelerators for very heavy ions - production of super-elements (1967) (2)
A History of the Transplutonic Elements (1973) (2)
BERKELEY HILAC HEAVIEST ELEMENT RESEARCH PROGRAM. (1970) (2)
FINAL RESOLUTION OF THE ELEMENT 104 QUESTION (1976) (2)
Evidence for the Synthesis of Element 110 Produced by the 59Co+209Bi Reaction (1994) (1)
Techniques for the preparation and identification of transplutonium elements (1961) (1)
THE SPECIFIC ALPHA ACTIVITY OF U$sup 23$$sup 5$ (1951) (1)
Progress with the Superhilac (1973) (1)
Comments on the Selective ”History and Analysis of the Discovery of Element 102” (1992) (1)
AN ISOMERIC STATE OF Po212. (1962) (1)
On the production of nuclides in the region of Z = 126 and N = 184 (1966) (1)
A 48-Channel Pulse Height Analyzer for Alpha Energy Measurements (1948) (1)
Bohrium (107), Hassium (108) and Meitnerium (109) (2000) (1)
IN DEFENSE OF THE BERKELEY WORK CONCERNING THE ALPHA -EMITTING ISOTOPES OF ELEMENT 104 (1970) (1)
The Uranium Isotope U236 - eScholarship (1950) (0)
TRACER CHEMISTRY STUDIES OF NOBELIUM (1967) (0)
Rutherfordium and Hahnium (2000) (0)
THE ELEMENT QUESTION (2013) (0)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Recent Work Title IN DEFENSE OF THE BERKELEY WORK CONCERNING THE ALPHA-EMITTING ISOTOPES OF ELEMENT 104 Permalink (2012) (0)
242 A NEW CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPE, Cf (1967) (0)
Introductions and discussion of formal papers (1969) (0)
Searches for the Superheavy Elements (2000) (0)
The gas-filled magnetic separator SASSYER (2001) (0)
SLOW NEUTRON FISSION OF Am$sup 242$, Am$sup 242$m, AND Am$sup 24$$sup 3$ (1951) (0)
Naming Controversies and the Transfermium Working Group (2000) (0)
DECAY PROPERTIES OF THE NEW ISOTOPES 2i|-3cf AND 244Cf (1967) (0)
ON ALPHA DECAY OF 2^\o AND 257no (1970) (0)
THE NEW ELEMENT LOSALIUM, ATOMIC NUMBER 99 (1955) (0)
TWO NEW ELEMENTS: ATOMIC NUMBERS 104 AND 105. (1970) (0)
THE OMNITRON: A VERSATILE MEDIUM-ENERGY SYNCHROTRON FOR THE ACCELERATION OF LIGHT AND HEAVY IONS (1966) (0)
Berkeley new element program (1975) (0)
A STUDY OF Dy(40Ar,xn)Po REACTIONS. (1969) (0)
The New Element Fermium, Atomic Number 100 (1955) (0)
PRODUCTION OF NOBELIUM ISOTOPES IN REACTIONS BETWEEN VARIOUS CURIUM TARGETS AND CARBON IONS (1967) (0)
Products of the Deuteron and Helium Ion Bombardments of U$sup 23$$sup 3$ (1946) (0)
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE UNITED STATES ON THE TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS. (1971) (0)
The U227 Collateral Series (1951) (0)
Ghiorso Remembers Seaborg (2002) (0)
Back-Scattering of Pu$sup 239$ Alpha Particles from Platinum (1944) (0)
Attempted synthesis of element 110 by the {sup 59}Co + {sup 209}Bi reaction (1993) (0)
THE NUCLIDE 99254 (1955) (0)
PARTIAL ENERGY BEAMS FROM AN ION LINAC. (1966) (0)
The “Big Bang”: Discovery of Einsteinium and Fermium (2000) (0)
THE BERKELEY NEW ELEMENT PROGR. -1* (2009) (0)
Products of Helium-Ion and Deuteron Bombardment of U$sup 235$ and U$sup 23$$sup 8$ (1948) (0)
The preparation of accelerator targets by the evaporation of acetate-organic solutions in the presence of NH/sub 3/ gas (1987) (0)
Berkelium and Californium (2000) (0)
Isomeric states in $sup 250$Fm and $sup 254$No (1973) (0)
PREPARATION OF A NEW ISOTOPE OF FRANCIUM -- Fr222 (1950) (0)
THE U$sup 227$ COLLATERAL SERIES (1951) (0)
The preparation of accelerator targets by evaporation of acetate-organic solutions in the presence of NH3 gas (1991) (0)
THE BERKELEY HEW ELEMENT PROGRAM (1975) (0)
A New Isotope of Protactinium - Pa$sup 22$$sup 9$ (1946) (0)
Obituary: Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-99) (1999) (0)
Americium and Curium (2000) (0)
RECENT TRANSURANIUM ELEMENT RESEARCH AT BERKELEY (1967) (0)
ISOMERIC STATES DISCOVERED IN 250Fm AND 254No (1972) (0)
ALPHA RADIOACTIVITY IN ELEMENTS BELOW LEAD (abstract) (1951) (0)
Elements 110, 111, and 112 (2000) (0)
Neptunium and Plutonium (2000) (0)
The Plutonium People (2000) (0)
The New ELement Mendelevium, Atomic Number 101 - eScholarship (1955) (0)
SPONTANEOUS FISSION OF U$sup 234$, Pu$sup 236$, Cm$sup 240$, AND Cm$sup 244$ (1952) (0)
ALPHA DECAY OF $sup 255$No AND $sup 257$No. (1970) (0)
SPONTANEOUS FISSION RATE OF Cf$sup 24$$sup 6$ (1952) (0)
Thermal Neutron Fission Properties of Ac$sup 227$, Ra$sup 223$, and Ra$sup 22$$sup 8$ (1949) (0)
Nobelium and Lawrencium (2000) (0)
Introduction to SEARCHES FOR SHE AT ACCELERATORS (1978) (0)
Some reminiscences of the early days of californium (1983) (0)
SEARCH FOR NEW HEAVY ISOTOPES (1994) (0)
Evidence for the synthesis of {sup 267}110 produced by the {sup 59}Co + {sup 209}Bi reaction (2008) (0)
of . Californi~ Ernest O. Radiation lawrence laboratory (2012) (0)
THE SUPERHILAC AND THE BERKELEY SUPERHEAVY ELEMENT PROGRAM (1974) (0)
Reminiscences of an Instrumentalist (1985) (0)
Preparation of a New Isotope of Francium-Fr$sup 22$$sup 2$ (1950) (0)
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) (2000) (0)
LEAP (Large Einsteinium Accelerator Program -- Proposal (1984) (0)
Two new isotopes of einsteinium $sup 243$Es and $sup 244$Es (1973) (0)
ELEMENT 98 - eScholarship (2008) (0)
Half-Life of Thorium-227 (Radio-Actinium) (1948) (0)
ALPHA RADIOACTIVITY IN THE MEDIUM HEAVY ELEMENTS (1951) (0)
PITFALLS OF SELF-GUIDED SCIENCE (2004) (0)
ELEMENT 102, A TEN YEAR HISTORY OF CONFLICTING CLAIMS (1967) (0)
TECHNIQUES USED FOR THE PRODUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS (1959) (0)
The Alpha-Particle Energy of Ac$sup 22$$sup 7$ (1948) (0)
HEAVY ISOTOPES BY BOMBARDMENT OF Pu239 (1994) (0)
THE THERMAL NEUTRON FISSION AND CAPTURE CROSS-SECTION OF U$sup 23$$sup 2$ (1952) (0)
The Alpha-Particle Energy of Ac227 (1948) (0)
Reflections and Predictions (2000) (0)
Non-Observation of the Production of Superheavy Nuclei in the Reaction of $^{86]$Kr with $^{208}$Pb (2002) (0)
A concentrated radioactive beam source for atom cooling and trapping (1996) (0)

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