New Developments in the Production and Research of Actinide Elements

Abstract

This article briefly reviews topics related to actinide research discussed at the virtual workshop Atomic Structure of Actinides & Related Topics organized by the University of Mainz, the Helmholtz Institute Mainz, and the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany, and held on the 26–28 May 2021. It includes references to recent theoretical and experimental work on atomic structure and related topics, such as element production, access to nuclear properties, trace analysis, and medical applications.

Keywords

• atomic structure theory
• optical spectroscopy
• actinides and transactinides
• atomic and nuclear properties
• thorium-229
• trace analysis