Preface
Dedication
Session Ia: Exotic Nuclear Shapes
Chapter 1. a Variety of Shapes Occurring in Different States of Atomic Nuclei
Chapter 2. Superdeformation - An Experimental Overview
Session Ib: Superdeformation
Chapter 3. Superdeformations - a Theoretical Overview
Chapter 4. Band Crossing in the Superdeformed Band of 146gd
Session IIa: Superdeformation in the Hg-Pb-Tl Region
Chapter 5. Superdeformation in the Mercury Nuclei
Chapter 6. Spin Alignment in Superdeformed Rotational Bands
Chapter 7. Evidence for Octupole Softness of the Superdeformed Shape from Band Interactions in 193,4hg
Chapter 8. Properties of Superdeformed Bands in the a = 194 Region
Chapter 9. Superdeformed Bands in 194Tl
Chapter 10. Superdeformation in 194pb
Chapter 11. Evidence of Time Delay in the Decay of the Superdeformed Bands of 191,192hg
Session IIb: Superdeformation
Chapter 12. Studies in Superdeformation at Chalk River
Chapter 13. Alpha-Particle Emission as a Probe of Nuclear Shapes and Structure Effects in Proton Evaporation Spectra
Chapter 14. Population of Superdeformed Bands, The Competition with Fission, and the Barrier between Normal and Superdeformed States
Chapter 15. a Model for the Decay Out of Superdeformed Bands
Chapter 16. Level Spin and Moments of Inertia in Superdeformed Nuclei near a = 194
Chapter 17. Superdeformed Bands In147gd83, a Possible Test of the Existence of Octupole Correlations in Superdeformed Bands
Session IIIa: Properties of Nuclei at High Spin
Chapter 18. Perturbed and Hidden Bandcrossings
Chapter 19. Double Blocking in Doubly Odd Deformed Nuclei
Chapter 20. Collectively-Rotating Oblate Bands in the A~130 Mass Region
Session IVa: Triaxial Deformation
Chapter 25. What Do We Know about Triaxial Nuclear Shape?
Chapter 26. is theSignature Inersion of Energy Levels Due to the γ-Degree of Freedom?
Chapter 27. K-Selection Or Barrier Penetration?
Session IVb: Octupole Deformation
Chapter 28. Low-Energy Octupole and Dipole Modes in Nuclei
Chapter 29. High-Spin Yrast Isomers in 211rn and 212rn with Enhanced E3 Decays
Chapter 30. Reflection asymmetry in the near Spherical Nucleus, 219fr
Chapter 31. Global Nuclear-Structure Calculations
Session Va: Nuclei Far from Stability
Chapter 32. New Insights into Nuclear Structure from Nuclei Far from Stability
Chapter 33. Mass Measurements of Exotic Fragments
Chapter 34. Neutron Halos and Exotic Modes
Chapter 35. Electric Monopole Transitions and Shape Coexistence in Nuclei
Session Vb: Electromagnetic Properties at High Spin
Chapter 36. Dynamics of Collective Motion
Chapter 37. Lifetime Measurements of High Spin States in Yb Nuclei
Chapter 38. Finite Particle Number Effect in High Spin B(E2)'S
Session VIa: Static and Dynamic Pairing
Chapter 39. How Can We Tell The Transition from the Superconducting to the Normal Phase?
Chapter 40. Pairing Correlations and Two-Nucleon Transfer between Heavy Nuclei
Chapter 41. Chaos in Nuclei
Session VIb: Warm Nuclei . . . T≤1 Mev
Chapter 42. The Population of Superdeformed Bands in the A=150 Region by Compound Reactions
Chapter 43. Fluctuation Analysis of Rotational Motion in Warm Atomic Nuclei
Chapter 44. Study of Spin-Temperature Effects Using Energy-Ordered Continuum Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Technique
Chapter 45. Thermal Shape Fluctuations at Constant Energy
Session VIIa: Nuclei at Higher Temperatures
Chapter 46. Limits of Nuclear Stability at Finite Temperature Explored with Giant Resonances
Chapter 47. Limiting Temperatures for Collective Motion in Nuclei
Session VIIb: Giant Resonances and Their Photon Decay
Chapter 48. Dipole Excitations on the Neutron Drip Line
Chapter 49. Gamma-Decay of Giant Resonances
Chapter 50. Excitation and Photon Decay of Giant Multipole Resonances
Session VIIIa. a Look Forward to the Nineties
Chapter 51. The Gammasphere
Chapter 52. Eurogam - a High Efficiency Escape Suppressed Spectrometer Array
Chapter 53. Development of Composite Ge Detectors for Euroball
Chapter 54. a Survey of Physics to Be Addressed Using Recoil Mass Separators
Session VIIIb: a Look Forward to the Nineties
Chapter 55. New Physics to Be Learned from Radioactive Beams and Nuclear Fragmentation
Chapter 56. Future Physics with a Proposed Radioactive Beam Facility in the United States
Chapter 57. Perspectives in the Study of Nuclear Spectra: Oak Ridge 1990
List of Conference Participants
Author Index