Spectroscopy and chemistry of the heaviest atoms at LBNL*

In the last two decades, superheavy elements from Z=113-118 have been produced in reactions between 48Ca beams and actinide targets. These new superheavy elements are on the boarder of a theorized doubly-magic spherical-closed shell and have already show some behaviors that are different from isotopes the lighter transactinides, for example, longer half-lives, stabilization against spontaneous fission, and higher production cross sections. For the last decade, LBNL has been interested in studying the spectroscopy and chemistry of these new superheavy elements, in order to gleam more information about these rare nuclei. Here we report on those recent results from LBNL.