| Introduction | p. xiii |
| Approach to the Problem | p. 1 |
| Prehistory | p. 3 |
| Self-Organizing Nucleosynthesis in Superdense Plasma | p. 19 |
| Synthesis Process as an Instrument for Changing the Inertia of the Interactive Particles Ensemble | p. 20 |
| Main Hypotheses to the Conception of Optimal Conditions for Nuclear Synthesis | p. 25 |
| About the Possible Scenario of the Self-Organizing Nucleo-synthesis in the Collapsing Wave of Nuclear Combustion | p. 35 |
| On the Technical Implementation, Choice of Driver Construction for Shock Compression, and Experimental Testing of the Effectiveness of Approach | p. 47 |
| Experimental Setup | p. 53 |
| Generator Performance | p. 53 |
| Numerical Model of the Setup | p. 58 |
| Construction of the "Pulse Generator-Vacuum Diode" System | p. 60 |
| Results and Conclusions | p. 63 |
| Some Experimental Results | p. 65 |
| Optical Emission of a Hot Dot (HD) | p. 67 |
| Measuring Facilities | p. 67 |
| Results of Measurements and Discussions | p. 68 |
| Conclusions | p. 88 |
| Measurements of X-ray Emission of HD | p. 89 |
| Procedure of Measurements | p. 89 |
| Results and Discussion | p. 93 |
| Comparison of the Spectrum of HD with Those of Compact Astrophysical Objects | p. 97 |
| Conclusions | p. 104 |
| Registration of Fast Particles from the Target Explosion | |
| Introduction | p. 105 |
| Characteristics of the Corpuscular Emission of an HD | p. 111 |
| Procedure of Track Analysis | p. 117 |
| Registration of the Image of HD on Track Detectors in an Ionic Obscure-Chamber and a Magnetic Analyzer | p. 124 |
| Measurements of Tracks with a Thomson Mass Spectrometer | p. 133 |
| Observation of Nuclear Tracks | p. 139 |
| Discussion of the Results and Conclusions | p. 147 |
| Experiments on the Neutralization of Radioactivity | p. 153 |
| Isotope and Element Compositions of Target Explosion Products | |
| Isotope Composition of Explosion Products | p. 163 |
| Isotope Composition of the Residual Atmosphere of the Vacuum Chamber | p. 165 |
| Isotope Composition of Target Explosion Products | p. 172 |
| Element Composition of Explosion Products | p. 214 |
| Element Composition of Explosion Products by Physical Methods | p. 215 |
| Element Composition of Explosion Products by Chemical Methods | p. 252 |
| Main Results and Conclusions | p. 260 |
| Synthesis of Superheavy Elements in the Explosive Experiments | p. 263 |
| On the Detection of Superheavy Elements in Target Explosion Products | p. 265 |
| Discovery of X-Ray and Auger-Radiation Peaks from the Composition of Explosion Products | p. 265 |
| Auger-Electron Spectroscopy | p. 266 |
| Methods of X-Ray Spectrum Analysis | p. 281 |
| Other Experimental Evidences for the Presence of Super-heavy Elements | p. 310 |
| Centralized Track Clusters with Anisotropic Distribution of Tracks | p. 311 |
| Instability of Unidentifiable X-Ray and Auger-Peaks under the Action of an Electron Probe | p. 312 |
| Initialization of High-Energy Nuclear Particle Emission by Low-Energy Beam Irradiation | p. 313 |
| Nonfulfillment of the Energy Balance in the Running Nuclear Transformations from the Composition of Nucleosynthesis Products | p. 315 |
| Divergence of the Amount of a Target Matter with its Observed Amount on the Accumulating Screens | p. 317 |
| Anomalies in the Isotope Composition of the Material of Accumulating Screens | p. 319 |
| Qualitative Differences of the Observed Compositions of a Plasma Bunch and Nucleosynthesis Products Deposited on Accumulating Screens | p. 320 |
| Layers of Anomalous Enrichments in the Accumulating Screens | p. 328 |
| Observation of Unidentifiable Mass-Peaks above 220 amu | p. 338 |
| Study of the Composition of Target Explosion Products by Independent Laboratories | p. 358 |
| Comments to the Official Conclusion of the Concern "Luch", Russia, Regarding the Objects given by our Laboratory for their Study with a Mass-Spectrometer "Finnigan" Mat-262 | p. 358 |
| Comments to the Official Conclusion of United Metals LLC, USA, Report Sims-030623 | p. 360 |
| Main Results and Conclusions | p. 361 |
| Physical Model and Discovery of Superheavy Transuranium Elements Produced in the Process of Controlled Collapse | p. 363 |
| Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei and Conditions for their Identification | p. 363 |
| Registration of Stable Transuranium Isotopes with Standard Mass-Spectrometry Procedures | p. 365 |
| Identification of X-Ray and Auger Peaks of Superheavy Elements | p. 372 |
| Registration of Superheavy Elements by Rutherford Backscattering | p. 376 |
| Characteristics of Superheavy Nuclei by Rutherford Backscattering | p. 376 |
| Analysis of Experimental Data | p. 383 |
| Induced Decay of Superheavy Nuclei with the Help of a Beam of Oxygen Ions and Upon the Action of Laser Emission | p. 387 |
| Induced Decay of Superheavy Nuclei with the Help of a Beam of Cu Ions | p. 393 |
| Anomalies of the Spatial Distribution of Extrinsic Elements in the Accumulating Screen and the Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei | p. 401 |
| Substantiation and Discussion of Synthesis and Registration of Superheavy Nuclei | p. 404 |
| Preliminary Resume of Obtained Results, Theories, and Physical Models | p. 413 |
| Stability of Electron-Nucleus form of Matter and Methods of Controlled Collapse | p. 415 |
| Controlled Electron-Nucleus Collapse of Matter and Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei | p. 415 |
| General Problems of Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei | p. 415 |
| Problems and Prospects of the Creation of Superheavy Nuclei from Heavy Particles Collisions and With the Help of Pion Condensations | p. 418 |
| Mechanism and Threshold Conditions for Heavy Nuclei Formation in Degenerate Electron Plasma | p. 426 |
| Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei and Formation of a Nuclear Cluster | p. 444 |
| Mechanism of the Nucleosynthesis of Superheavy and Neutron-Deficient Nuclei upon the Sequential Action of the Gravitational and Coulomb Collapses in Astrophysical Objects | p. 457 |
| Basic Reactions in the Collapse of the Electron-Nucleus'System | p. 474 |
| Evolution of Self-Controlled Electron-Nucleus Collapse in Condensed Targets and a Model of Scanning Nucleosynthesis | p. 488 |
| Stability of Matter and the Problem of Collapse under Laboratory Conditions | p. 488 |
| Interaction of the Bounded System of a Degenerate Electron Gas with a Multiply Ionized Target | p. 491 |
| Evolution of a Degenerate Fermi-Gas of Electrons in Condensed Targets in the Presence of a Drift Motion of Electrons | p. 495 |
| Formation and the Motion of a Scanning Spherical Layer of a Degenerate Electron Gas in a Condensed Target | p. 506 |
| Motion of the Ion (Nuclear) Component of a Target in a Scanning Spherical Layer | p. 511 |
| Regularities of the Scanning Synthesis and Peculiarities of the Products of a Collapse | p. 520 |
| Nuclear Combustion and Collective Nucleosynthesis | p. 543 |
| Introduction: Collective Processes of Nucleosynthesis | p. 543 |
| Key Problems of Inertial Nuclear Synthesis | p. 549 |
| Extreme States in Metals: Experimental Results and Limits of Theoretical Models | p. 562 |
| Main Parameters, the Equation of States, and Phase Transitions of a Matter with Extreme Parameters | p. 565 |
| Electron and Pion Condensations in Nuclei: Anomalous Nuclei and Other Exotic Nuclear States | p. 589 |
| Nonequilibrium Thermodynamic Relations for Many-Particle Systems | p. 597 |
| Nucleosynthesis in Nature and in a Laboratory: Idea of the Processes of Nuclear Combustion of a Substance | p. 600 |
| Conclusions of the Analytic Survey | p. 602 |
| The Theory of Energy Concentration on Nuclear Scales | p. 605 |
| Model of a Relativistic Diode with Plasma Electrodes | p. 606 |
| A Hydrodynamic Theory of Electron Beams and an Anodic Plasma in a Diode | p. 611 |
| Characteristic Features of the Operation of a Relativistic Pulse Diode with Plasma Electrodes and the Excitation of Nonlinear Waves in a Condensed Medium in the One-Fluid Approximation | p. 617 |
| Instabilities of the One-Fluid Flow and the Excitation of a Two-Fluid Flow of the Electron-Nucleus Plasma | p. 641 |
| Two-Fluid Mode upon the Action of a Pulse Electron Beam on a Target | p. 650 |
| Structures in the Electron-Nucleus Plasma and a Mechanism of the Energy Transportation onto the Nuclear Scale | p. 655 |
| Binding Energy of Nuclear Systems and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics | p. 662 |
| Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Equations for the Nuclear Matter: Nonequilibrium Stationary States of Nuclear Particles | p. 666 |
| Influence of Dynamical Polarization on Pycnonuclear Reactions and the Growth of Clusters | p. 675 |
| Binding Energy of Nuclear Structures: A Generalization of the Weizsäcker Formula | p. 694 |
| Active Phase of the Evolution of a Nuclear Cluster in the Form of a System of Shells and the Peculiarities of its Dynamics | p. 709 |
| Scenario of the Development of a Self-Organizing Nucleosynthesis in the Estimates by the Physical Models Presented in this Work | p. 719 |
| Conclusion | p. 735 |
| Epilogue | p. 751 |
| References | p. 753 |
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