CONTENTS -- Preface -- Aspects of Fusion Fission and Cluster Radioactivity -- Current Problems of Superheavy Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two regions of increased stability -- 3 Problem of deformed superheavy nuclei -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Structure of Super-Heavy Nuclei in Mean-Field Models -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Parametrizations -- 3 Quality of the Parametrizations -- 4 The Role of the Spin-Orbit Splitting -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Superheavy Nuclei in Deformed Mean-Field Calculations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Models -- 3 Deformed Shell Closures -- 4 Ground State Deformations -- 5 Qa-Values and Estimated Lifetimes -- 6 Shell Structure in a Point-Coupling Model -- 7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Extrapolation of Mean-Field Models to Superheavy Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Models -- 3 Nuclear exotica in superheavy nuclei -- 4 Fits and Parameterizations -- 5 Predictive Power -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- The Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei in the 48Ca+244Pu Reaction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental Technique -- 3 Experimental Results -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Addendum -- 6 Acknowledgements -- References -- Experiments on the Synthesis of Superheavy Elements with 48Ca Beams at the Separator VASSILISSA -- Introduction -- Experiment -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Fusion-Fission of Superheavy Nuclei at Low Excitation Energies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experiment -- 3 Characteristics of mass and energy distributions of SHE fission fragments -- 4 Capture and fusion-fission cross sections -- 5 Neutron and gamma-ray multiplicities in the fission of superheavy nuclei -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Survival Probability for Heavy Compound Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Survival Probability -- 3 Numerical results.

4 Summary and discussions -- References -- Theoretical Estimation of Evaporation Residue Cross Section for Production of Superheavy Elements in the Framework of Fluctuation-dissipation Model -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Model -- 3 Numerical results -- 4 Discussion the reaction for 86Kr+208Pb->294118 -- References -- Fusion Probability and Survivability in the Reactions Leading to the Production of Heavy and Superheavy Nuclei -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental data and the model -- 3. Reactions leading to the Rn-Pa ER -- 4. Reactions leading to very heavy and superheavy ER -- 5. Summary -- References -- Decay Properties of Superheavy Elements (Theory and Experiment) -- References -- Semi-Bubbles and Bubbles: A New Kind of Superheavy Nuclei -- References -- Reaction Theory for Synthesis of the Superheavy Elements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dynamical evolutions into the compound nucleus -- 3 Recent developments -- 4 Remarks -- References -- The Dinuclear System Concept for the Complete Fusion Process -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Three approaches to the description of the complete fusion process -- 3 Peculiarities of complete fusion of massive nuclei within the framework of the DNSC -- 4 The analysis of nuclear reactions used for the synthesis of transfermium and superheavy elements within the framework of the DNSC -- Conclusion -- References -- Calculation of Formation and Decay of Heavy Compound Nuclei -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Calculating the stage of capturing a heavy ion by a target nucleus -- 3. The fundamentals of the Dinuclear System Concept -- 4. Competition between complete fusion and quasi-fission in SHE synthesis reactions -- 5. Survival probability for the statistical decay of compound nucleus.

6. Scheme of calculating the de-excitation process for an excited compound nucleus on the basis of the Monte-Carlo method -- 7. Acknowledgements -- References -- Formation of Superheavy Elements -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Production of Superheavy Elements in Heavy Ion Reactions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reactions Leading to SHE with Z=118-120 -- 3 Production of SHE in Near Symmetric Heavy Ion Collisions -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Fusion-Fission Dynamics of the Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The stage of approaching and the capture cross section -- 3 Statistical decay of low excited heavy nuclei -- 4 "Standard approach" - the borderlines of applicability -- 5 Nucleon transfer in heavy ion fusion reactions -- 6 Collectivization and de-collectivization of nucleons as a mechanism of fusion and fission of heavy nuclei -- 7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Fusion and Alpha Emission within a Liquid Drop Model and Heaviest Element Formation and Decay -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Generalized Liquid Drop Model -- 3 Alpha decay -- 4 On the heaviest and superheavy nuclides -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- On Scission Configuration in Ternary Fission -- 1 Motivation -- 2 Virial theorems -- 3 Inverse mean field method -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Fusion of Weakly Bound Stable Nuclei - What Can We Learn? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fusion Barrier Distributions -- 3 Experimental Procedure -- 4 Complete and Incomplete Fusion -- 5 Results -- 6 Comparison with Calculations -- 7 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Spin and Excitation Energy Dependence of Fission Survival: A New Probe for the Fusion Fission Dynamics -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experiments and Discussion -- 3. Conclusion -- 4. Acknowledgements -- References.

Sub-Barrier Fusion and Multi Nucleon Transfer in Medium-Heavy Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Fusion of 36S+90'96Zr -- 3 Fusion of 40Ca+124Sn -- 4 Nucleon transfer in 40Ca + 90'96Zr -- Aknowledgments -- References -- Interplay between Fusion Transfer and Breakup Reactions at Near-Barrier Energies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The coupling between fusion and transfer reactions -- 3 Fusion Cross Section for 9Be + 64Zn -- 4 The elastic scattering of the 6'7Li + 138Ba and 9Be + 64Zn systems -- 5 Conclusions -- 6 Ackowledgements -- References -- Mechanisms of Sub Barrier Fusion Enhancement -- 1 Introduction -- 2 How t o Treat Transfers? -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Fusion Enhancement Above the Barrier for the 6He + 209Bi-Reaction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experiment -- 3 Experimental Results and Analysis -- 4 Acknowledgements -- References -- Transfer Breakup and Fusion Reactions of 6He with 209Bi Near the Coulomb Barrier -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Experimental setup -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Study of Sub-Barrier and Near-Barrier Fusion of Halo Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The analysis -- 3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Sub-Barrier Fusion of Drip-Line Nuclei -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coupled-Channels Formalism for Subbarrier Fusion of Drip-Line Nuclei -- 3 Results -- 4 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Fusion of Light Weakly Bound Nuclei -- References -- List of Speakers -- Author Index.