**PROGRAM**

***Third International Conference on Fission and Properties of
Neutron-Rich Nuclei***

***Sanibel Island, Florida***

######## November 3-9, 2002

**(Revised 10/29/2002)**

**[SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2002:]{.underline}**

02:00 REGISTRATION

06:30 RECEPTION

**[MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2002:]{.underline}**

07:00 BREAKFAST

10:00 COMPANION TEA

## OPENING SESSION

## CHAIR: J. H. Hamilton

08:15 **J. H. Hamilton**: Opening Remarks

**R. Townsend**: Welcome

08:30 (25+5) **W. Nazarewicz**: Structure of Neutron-Rich Nuclei

09:00 (25+5) **M. Wiescher**: Astrophysics of Nuclear Rich Nuclei

09:30 (20+5) **A. Shotter**: ISAC at TRIUMF: Status and Future

09:55 BREAK

## 

## NUCLEAR STRUCTURE I

CHAIR: H. C. Flocard

10:20 (20+5) **A. Covello**: Structure of Neutron-Rich Nuclei in the
^132^Sn Region

10:45 (20+5) **M. Hellström**: Recent FRS Experiments Near ^132^Sn

11:10 (20+5) **C. Baktash**: Nuclear Structure Studies with ISOL Beams
at the HRIBF

11:35 (15+5) **J. Terasaki**: Anomalous Behavior of 2^+^ Excitations of
Te Around N = 82

11:55 (20+5) **F. Le Blanc**: Charge Radii and Nuclear Moments Around
^132^Sn

12:20 (20+5) **J. A. Pinston**: Decay of High Spin Microsecond Isomers
in ^129^In, ^129^Sn and ^130^Sb Nuclei

12:45 LUNCH

##### NUCLEAR STRUCTURE LIGHT NUCLEI

CHAIR: W. C. Ma

04:30 (20+5) **Z. Dlouhy**: New Evidence for Magic Neutron Number N=16
at Border Line

04:55 (20+5) **F. Azaiez**: Gamma Spectroscopy of C and O Neutron
Drip-Line Nuclei

05:20 (20+5) **T. Glasmacher**: Breaking the Shell Closure Around
^32^Mg: High-Resolution Gamma-Ray

Spectroscopy with Fast Exotic Beams

05:45 (20+5) **P. Mantica**: Beta Decay Studies at the MSU/NSCL Coupled
Cyclotron Facility

06:10 (15+5) **R. Palit**: Ground-State Configuration of the
Neutron-Rich ^11^Be and ^17,19,21,23^O Nuclei

Studied by Coulomb Breakup

08:00 POSTER SESSION I

**[TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002:]{.underline}**

07:00 BREAKFAST

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE II

CHAIR: P. Semmes

08:30 (20+5) **S. Frauendorf**: Chirality of Rotating Nuclei

08:55 (20+5) **D. Dean**: The Computational Nuclear Many-Body Problem

09:20 (20+5) **S. Umar**: HFB Calculations With High Energy Continuum
Coupling

Nuclear Structure at Neutron Dripline

09:45 (20+5) **M. Stoitsov**: Mass Table Mean Field Calculations

10:10 BREAK

FRAGMENTATION AND FISSION I

CHAIR: R. Chapman

10:35 (20+5) **T. Aumann**: The Structure of Neutron-Rich Nuclei
Investigated Through Reactions of

High-Energy Radioactive Beams

11:00 (20+5) **M. Pfützner**: Isomer Spectroscopy of Heavy Neutron-Rich
Nuclei Produced in

Relativistic Fragmentation

11:25 (20+5) **J. Benlliure**: Reaction Mechanisms Involved in the
Production of Neutron-Rich Nuclei

11:50 (20+5) **H. Faust**: Fragment Excitation and Kinetic Energies in
Nuclear Fission

12:15 (20+5) **T. Ethvignot**: Experimental Studies of Prompt Neutrons
and Photons in Intermediate

Energy Neutron-Induced Fission

12:40 (20+5) **M. Thoennessen**: Searches for the Limits of Stability

01:05 LUNCH

# [TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002]{.underline}

# 

# Session A

# FISSION AND MASS MEASUREMENTS

# CHAIR: J. Kormicki

# 

02:30 (20+5) **F.-J. Hambsch**: ^239^Pu(n,f) at Resonance Energies and
its Multi-Modal Interpretation

02:55 (20+5) **E. Lynn**: Fission Barrier Physics and Estimation of
^235^U Isomer Cross-Sections

03:20 (20+5) **K. Blaum**: High Precision Mass Measurements on
Neutron-Rich Nuclei With the

Penning Trap Mass Spectrometer ISOLTRAP

03:45 (20+5) **J. Szerypo**: Ion Trap System JYFLTRAP in Jyväskylä

04:10 (20+5) BREAK

#### Session B

#### 

#### NUCLEAR STRUCTURE III

CHAIR: C. R. Bingham

02:30 (20+5) **T. Ishii**: Nano-Second Isomers in Neutron-Rich Nuclei
Around ^68^Ni

02:55 (20+5) **R. Grzywacz**: Neutron Rich Nickel and Cobalt Nuclei --
New Results From

Fragmentation Studies

03:20 (15+5) **H. J. Wollersheim**: Gamma-Ray Angular Correlation of
Fission Fragments

03:40 (15+5) **J. K. Hwang:** Study on Neutron-Rich Nuclei Near ^132^Sn
From the Spontaneous

Fission of ^252^Cf

04:00 (20+5) **D. Appelbe**: Is There a Shell Closure at N=32?
Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Nuclei

Near ^56^Cr

04:25 BREAK

**[TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002:]{.underline}**

**Session C**

NEW EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS

CHAIR: E. Spejewski

04:30 (15+5) **C. Beausang**: Experimental Studies at Yale Using the
SASSYER Gas Filled Magnetic

Separator: Current Status and Future Prospects

04:50 (15+5) **M. Stoyer**: Cross-Section Measurements With the Rare
Isotope Accelerator (RIA)

05:10 (15+5) **H. Penttila**: Challenges of Fission Research at the
Improved IGISOL Facility

05:30 (15+5) **G. D. Jones**: New Reactions for Determining -Ray Linear
Polarization Sensitivities

With Compton Polarimeters

05:50 (15+5) **K. Rykaczewski**: Digital Signal Processing in Decay
Studies

**Session D**

# 

# NUCLEAR STRUCTURE IV

CHAIR: S. C. Pancholi

04:45 (20+5) **N. Itagaki**: Exotic Cluster Structure in Light
Neutron-Rich Nuclei

05:10 (20+5) **K. Gridnev**: Nonlinear Aspects of Quadrupole Excitations
in Nuclei With A=100-170

05:35 (15+5) **M. Gai**: Nuclear Astrophysics With Real Photons

05:55 (15+5) **R. A. Gherghescu**: A New Deformed Two-Center Shell Model

**[WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2002:]{.underline}**

07:00 BREAKFAST

## NUCLEAR STRUCTURE V

CHAIR: W. H. Brantley

08:30 (20+5) **W. R. Phillips**: Gamma Rays From Different Fission
Sources

08:55 (20+5) **S. J. Zhu**: Collective Motion in Mo, Ru, and Pd
Neutron-Rich Nuclei

09:20 (20+5) **G. Smith**: Magnetic Moments and Lifetimes in Zr-Mo
Nuclei

09:45 (20+5) **C. Y. Wu**: Shape Coexistence, Shape Transitions, and
Triaxial Deformation in

Neutron-Rich A\~100 Nuclei Populated by Fusion-Fission Reactions

10:10 (20+5) **M. Jandel**: The Gamma-Ray Emission From Fission of Heavy
Nuclei

10:35 BREAK

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE VI

CHAIR: E. F. Zganjar

10:55 (20+5) **A. Jokinen**: Structure Studies of Fission Products at
IGISOL-Facility

11:20 (15+5) **J. Batchelder**: Beta Decay Study of ^116^Ag

11:40 (15+5) **M. Asai**: Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy for Neutron-Rich
A160-170 Nuclei: the ^-^Decay

of ^159^Pm, ^160-162^Sm, ^162^Eu, and ^164-166^Gd

12:00 (15+5) **M. Shibata**: Q Measurement of Neutron-Rich Rare-Earth
Nuclei Produced With Proton

Induced Fission of ^238^U

12:20 (15+5) **J. Cizewski**: Population of Neutron-Rich Fission
Fragments Following Heavy-Ion

Fusion Reactions

12:40 LUNCH

02:15 EXCURSION AND DINNER ON THE ISLAND OF CABBAGE KEY

07:30 RETURN

08:00 POSTER SESSION II

**[THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002:]{.underline}**

# 

07:00 BREAKFAST

# RADIOACTIVE ION BEAM FACILITIES

CHAIR: L. L. Riedinger

08:30 (20+5) **D. F. Geesaman**: Progress on the Concepts and Design of
the Rare Isotope Accelerator

08:55 (20+5) **K. Gelbke**: Rare Isotope Research Capabilities at the
NSCL Today and at RIA in the

Future

09:20 (20+5) **W. Henning**: Status and Future of RIB's at GSI

09:45 (20+5) **M. Lewitowicz**: The SPIRAL II Project at GANIL

10:10 (20+5) **J. Beene**: The HRIBF, Present and Future

10:35 BREAK

LIGHT NUCLEI AND NEW DIRECTIONS

CHAIR: J. Genevey

11:00 (20+5) **G. Greene**: The Fundamental Properties of the Neutron

11:25 (20+5) **P. Egelhof**: Probing the Halo Structure of Light
Neutron-Rich Nuclei by Intermediate

Energy Elastic Proton Scattering

11:50 (20+5) **J. D. Cole**: Induced Fission Studies: Experimental
Capabilities, Data Correlations, and

Applications

12:15 (20+5) **J. Cederkall**: First Experiments With Accelerated
Radioactive Ion Beams at REX-ISOLDE

12:40 LUNCH

**[THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002:]{.underline}**

#### Session A

#### 

#### FISSION III

CHAIR: A. Unzhakova

02:30 (15+5) **D. Fong**: Hot Bimodal Ternary Fission in ^252^Cf

02:50 (15+5) **A. S. Vorobyev**: Investigation of Neutron Multiplicity
Distribution in Separate Channels of

Reactions Using Gadolinium Loaded Large Liquid Scintillation Counters

03:10 (15+5) **V. Kalinin**: Fission Fragment Deformation and Dynamical
Effects in Spontaneous Fission of

^252^Cf, ^244^Cm and ^248^Cm

03:30 (15+5) **C. L. Jiang**: New Behavior of Heavy Ion Fusion Cross
Sections at Extreme Sub-Barrier

Energies

03:50 (15+5) **V. Gudkov**: What Could we Learn From Parity Violating
Effects in Neutron Induced

Fission?

04:10 BREAK

## Session B

## 

## FISSION IV

CHAIR: D. Shaughnessy

04:30 (20+5) **T. Ichikawa**: Fission Modes Studied With
Multi-Dimensional Langevin Approach

04:55 (15+5) **V. L. Kravchuk**: The Fission Time Scale Measured With an
Atomic Clock

05:15 (15+5) **T. Enqvist**: Fission Studies on ^238^U (1 *A*GeV)+ Pb

05:35 (15+5) **A. Laptev**: Neutron Induced Fission Cross-Section
Measurement of Actinides and

Non-Fissile Nuclei Relative to ^235^U in the Energy Range of 1 -- 200
MeV

05:55 (15+5) **V. M. Maslov**: Symmetric/Asymmetric Uranium
Neutron-Induced Fission up to 200 MeV

**[THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2002:]{.underline}**

#### Session C

#### 

#### NUCLEAR STRUCTURE VII

CHAIR: R. A. Meyer

02:30 (20+5) J. Rasmussen: Band Structures in Fission Fragments of
Rhodium and Neighbors

02:55 (15+5) **N. B. Koller**: Magnetic Moment Studies of Neutron-Rich
Nuclei

03:15 (15+5) **X. Liang**: A Study of Neutron-Rich C1 Isotopes by Using
Deep-Inelastic Reactions

03:35 (15+5) **J. Ollier**: The Yrast Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich
Nuclei Produced in Deep-Inelastic

Processes

03:55 BREAK

#### Session D

#### 

#### NUCLEAR STRUCTURE VIII

CHAIR: L. Chaturvedi

04:20 (15+5) **R. Donangelo**: Semiclassical Approximation for the
Breakup of Weakly Bound Nuclei

04:40 (15+5) **Y. X. Luo**: Nuclear Structure of Even-Odd Nuclei Near
N=82 by ^252^Cf Fission at

Gammasphere

05:00 (15+5) **E. Jones**: Unexpected Increase in Moment of Inertia
Between N=98-100 in ^162,164^Gd

05:20 (15+5) **N. Fotiades**: Observation of Unusually Neutron-Deficient
Fission Fragments in

Heavy-Ion-Induced Fusion Reactions

05:40 (15+5) **J. B. Gupta**: Collective Nuclear Structure of Neutron
Rich ^104-108^Mo

**[FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2002:]{.underline}**

07:00 BREAKFAST

# TERNARY FISSION AND CLUSTER RADIOACTIVITY/MASS FORMULA

CHAIR: R. P. Piercey

08:30 (20+5) **G. Ter-Akopian**: A New Approach to the Low-Energy
Nuclear Fission: Results Obtained

With ^252^Cf and Perspectives

08:55 (20+5) **D. Poenaru**: Cluster Radioactivities

09:20 (20+5) **O. Serot**: Influence of the Excitation Energy on the
Ternary Triton Emission Probability

09:45 (20+5) **A. Sandulescu**: Theory of Binary and Ternary Cold
Fission

10:10 (20+5) **M. Pearson**: Microscopic Mass Formulas and the Barriers
of Neutron-Rich Nuclei

10:35 (20+5) **M. Samyn**: Microscopic Predictions Within the Skyrme
Hartree-Fock Theory: Nuclear

Masses and Fission Barriers

11:00 BREAK

#### NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS

CHAIR: F. Bertrand

11:20 (20+5) **W. B. Walters**: Gamma- and Beta-Decay Studies of
r-Process Ag, Cd, and Sn Nuclides

11:45 (20+5) **H. Schatz**: r-Process Experiments With Fast Radioactive
Beams

12:10 (20+5) **J. Cowan**: r-Process Abundance Signatures

12:35 (20+5) **D. Bardayan**: Study of Neutron-Rich Nuclei of
Astrophysical Interest at the ORNL

Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility

1:00 LUNCH

07:00 RECEPTION

07:45 BANQUET

**[SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2002:]{.underline}**

07:00 BREAKFAST

SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI I

CHAIR: V. Greene

08:30 (25+5) **W. Greiner**: The Vacuum: Matter and Anti Matter

09:00 (20+5) **L. Moretto**: Thermal Emission of Intermediate Mass
Fragments: A Generalized Fission

Process, and the Key to Nuclear Liquid-Gas Phase Diagram

09:25 (20+5) **D. Hinde**: Inhibition of Fusion by Quasi-Fission in
Heavy Element Formation

09:50 (20+5) **G. Adamian**: Fusion-Fission of Superheavy Nuclei

10:15 (15+5) **S. Misicu**: Cold Valleys in Spontaneous Fission of Heavy
and Superheavy Elements

10:35 BREAK

SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI II

CHAIR: A. V. Ramayya

11:00 (20+5) **S. Hofmann**: Study of Superheavy Elements at GSI --
Recent Results and Perspectives

11:25 (20+5) **V. Utyonkov**: Superheavy Element Research at Dubna

11:50 (20+5) **T. Ginter**: Production of ^271^110 in the
^208^Pb(^64^Ni,n) Reaction

12:20 (20+5) **L. Krupa**: Competition Between Fusion-Fission and
Quasifission in Heavy-Ion Reactions

Leading to Superheavy Elements

12:35 CLOSE