Re: Really super-heavy atoms in space

[The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In sci.physics, mike3
<mike4ty4@xxxxxxxxx>
 wrote
on 30 Dec 2006 23:41:29 -0800
<1167550889.700333.88130@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi.
>
> If very long-lived "magic island of stability" superheavy elements
> (like with Z = 114, 115, 126, etc.) do in fact exist, could they
> possibly be observed in the remnants of recent supernovae or (more
> likey, since there's more energy) hypernovae?
>

I suspect we would have seen them by now.  The spectrum of a supernova
wouldn't be that hard to get. :-)

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