✍ Scribed by W. Nazarewicz; M. Bender; S. Ćwiok; P.H. Heenen; A.T. Kruppa; P.-G. Reinhard; T. Vertse
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The theory of the superheavy elements is reviewed with the main focus on nuclear structure aspects. The structure of the odd-N superheavy elements is investigated using a variety of selfconsistent approaches. Microscopic shell corrections, extracted from Skyrme-Hartree-Fock and relativistic mean-field calculations, elucidate the question of the centre-of-shell-stability in the superheavy region. Finally, the existence of exotic configurations, having gross non-uniformities of nucleonic density, expected to occur in nuclei with very large atomic numbers, is addressed.
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