Chemical Signatures for Superheavy Elementary Particles
- 1 December 1980
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- Published by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Abstract
Models of dynamical symmetry breaking suggest the existence of many particles in the 10 GeV to 100 TeV mass range. Among these may be charged particles, X{sup ±}, which 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 occurring 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 B, F, Mn, Be, Sc, V, Li, Ne, and Tl.Keywords
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