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Oliver K. Manuel
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
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SPECIALIZATION
- Nuclear Geo-, Cosmo-Chemistry
- Our group uses stable isotope mass spectroscopy to study the origin of elements in the solar-system, the Sun's composition, source of luminosity and rare modes of nuclear decay.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- O.Manuel, M.Mozina and Ratcliffe, H., "The Nuclear Cycle that Powers the Stars: Fusion, Gravitational Collapse, and Dissociation" abstract of paper submitted for presentation at the Hirschegg 2006 Workshop on Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria, 15 - 21 January 2006.
Abstract in PDF
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- Isotopes Tell Sun's Origin and Operation", abstract of paper to be presented at the First Crisis in Cosmology Conference in Moncao, Portugal, 23-25 June 2005.
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Conference Report in PDF
Manuscript in PDF
- "The Sun Is A Magnetic Plasma Diffuser That Sorts Atoms By Mass",
paper to be presented at the V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
NON-ACCELERATOR NEW PHYSICS in Dubna, Russia, 20-25 June 2005
Overheads in PDF
- O. Manuel, W. A. Myers, Y. Singh and M. Pleess, "The Oxygen to Carbon Ratio in the Solar Interior", Journal of Fusion Energy, Vol.23, No.1(2005) pages 55-62.
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, M. Pleess, Y. Singh and W. A. Myers, " Nuclear Systematics: Part IV. Neutron-capture cross sections and solar abundance", Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 266, No. 2 (2005) 159–163
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, W. A. Myers, Y. Singh and M. Pleess, "Solar Abundance of Elements from Neutron-Capture Cross Sections", The 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Houston, Texas, March 14-18, 2005.
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- O. Manuel, W. A. Myers, Y. Singh and M. Pleess, "An Iron rich Sun and its source of energy", in: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Nuclei in the CosmosVancouver, BC, Canada, July 19-23, 2004.
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- O. Manuel, "Comment on Iron-60 in the Early Solar System", submitted to, Science, June 6, 2004.
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- O. Manuel and A. Katragada, "Is there a deficit of solar neutrinos?", Proceedings of the
Second International Workshop on Neutrino Oscillations, Venice, Italy, 3-5 December 2003 (in
press, 2004).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, "The Need To Measure Low Energy, Anti-Neutrinos (E < 0.782 MeV) From
The Sun", Physics of Atomic Nuclei, in press (2004).
Overheads in PDF
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, "The structure of the solar core", Proceedings of the
Fourth International Conference on Beyond Standard Model Physics -
BEYOND 2003 (IOP, Bristol, editor: H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus) in
press (2004).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. K. Manuel, B. W. Ninham and S. E. Friberg, "Superfluidity in the solar interior: Implications
for solar eruptions and climate", Journal of Fusion Energy 21, 193-198, 2003.
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- O. Manuel and Stig Friberg, "Composition of the solar interior: Information from isotope ratios",
Proceedings of the SOHO 12 / GONG+ 2002 Conference on Local and Global Helioseismology: The Present and the Future,
27 October-1 November 2002, Big Bear Lake, CA, U.S.A. (ESA SP-517, editor: Huguette Lacoste) pp. 345-348 (2003).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, E. Miller, and A. Katragada, "Neutron repulsion
confirmed as energy source", J. Fusion Energy 20, 197-201 (2003).
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- O. Manuel, "The standard solar model versus experimental
observations", Proceedings of the Third International Conference on
Beyond Standard Model Physics - BEYOND 2002 (IOP, Bristol, editor: H.
V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus) pp. 307-316 (2003).
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- O. Manuel and A. Katragada, "The Sun's origin and composition:
Implications from meteorite studies", Proceedings of Asteroids,
Comets, Meteors (ACM 2002), 29 July - 2 August 2002, Technical
University Berlin, Berlin, Germany (ESA-SP- 500, editor: Barbara
Warmbein), pp. 787-790 (2003).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, Cynthia Bolon and Max Zhong, "Nuclear systematics: III.
The source of solar luminosity", J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 252, 3-7 (2002).
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- O. Manuel, C. Bolon, A. Katragada and M. Insall, "Attraction and
repulsion of nucleons: Sources of
stellar energy", J. Fusion Energy 19, 93-98
(2001).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, C. Bolon & P. Jangam, "The sun's origin, composition
and source of energy", in Lunar and
Planetary Science XXIX, Abstract 1041, available as 1041-pdf from Lunar
and Planetary Institute,
Houston, TX (CD-ROM, 2001)
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- O. Manuel, "Isotope ratios: The key to elemental abundances and
nuclear reactions in the Sun", in The Origins of the Elements in the
Solar System: Implications of Post 1957 Observations, O. K. Manuel,
Editor, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY, pp. 285-293
(2000).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. Manuel, "Origin of elements in the solar system", in The
Origins of the Elements in the Solar
System: Implications of Post 1957 Observations, O. K. Manuel,
Editor, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
New York, NY, pp. 589-643 (2000).
Manuscript in PDF
- Adam Nolte and Cara Lietz (Student Members of UMR's Jupiter Team, headed by Dr. Manuel), "Abundances of Hydrogen and Helium Isotopes in Jupiter", in The Origins of the Elements in the Solar
System: Implications of Post 1957 Observations, O. K. Manuel,
Editor, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
New York, NY, pp. 589-643 (2000).
Manuscript in PDF
- O. K. Manuel, J. T. Lee, D. E. Ragland, J. M. D. MacElroy, Bin Li and Wilbur Brown, "Origin of the solar system and its elements", Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 238, nos. 1-2, 213-225 (1998).
- O. Manuel, K. Windler, A. Nolte, L. Johannes, J. Zirbel and D. Ragland, "Strange xenon in Jupiter", Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 238, nos. 1-2, 119-121 (1998).
- J. T. Lee, B. Li and O. K. Manuel, "On the signature of local element synthesis", Comments on Astrophysics 18, no. 6, 335-345 (1997).
- David Arnett, "Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis: An Investigation of the History of Matter from the Big Bang to the Present", Review: American Scientist 85, pp. 478-479 (1997).
Review in PDF
- J. T. Lee, B. Li and O. K. Manuel, "Terrestial type xenon in
sulfides of the Allende meteorite", Geochemical Journal 30, 17-30 (1996).
- O. K. Manuel, "Geochemical measurements of double-beta decay", Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 17, S221-S229 (1991).
- O. K. Manuel and G. Hwaung, " Solar abundance of the elements", Meteoritics 18,
209-222 (1983).
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- O. K. Manuel and D. D. Sabu, "The noble gas record of the terrestrial planets", Geochemical Journal 15,
247-267 (1981).
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- O. K. Manuel, "Heterogeneity of isotopic and elemental compositions in meteorites: Evidence of local synthesis of the elements ", Geokhimiya (12) 1776-1801 (1981) [In Russian].
- L. L. Oliver, R. V. Ballad, J. F. Richardson and O. K. Manuel, "Isotopically anomalous tellurium in Allende: Another relic of local element synthesis", J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 43, 2207-2216 (1981).
- O.K. Manuel and D.D. Sabu , "Noble gas anomalies and synthesis of the chemical elements", Meteoritics, Vol. 15, Number 2 (30 June 1980) pages 117-138/
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- O.K. Manuel and D.D. Sabu , "The Neon Alphabet Game", Proceedings of the 11th Lunar Planet Sci. Conf, Vol. 15, Number 2 (1980) pages 879-899
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- R. V. Ballad, L. L. Oliver, R. G. Downing and O. K. Manuel, "Isotopes of tellurium, xenon and krypton in the Allende meteorite retain record of nucleosynthesis", Nature 277, 615-620 (1979).
- O. K. Manuel and D. D. Sabu, "Strange xenon, extinct superheavy
elements and the solar neutrino puzzle", Science 195,
208-209 (1977).
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- O. K. Manuel and D. D. Sabu, "Elemental and isotopic inhomogeneities in noble gases: The case for local synthesis of the chemical elements", Trans. Missouri Acad. Sci. 9, 104 122 (1975).
- E. W. Hennecke and O. K. Manuel, and D. D. Sabu, "Double beta-decay of tellurium-128", Phys. Rev. 11, 1378-1384 (1975).
- O. K. Manuel, E. W. Hennecke, and D. D. Sabu, "Xenon in
carbonaceous chondrites", Nature Phys. Sci. 240, 99-101
(1972).
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- M. S. Boulos and O. K. Manuel, "The xenon record of extinct
radioactivities in the Earth," Science 174, 1334-1336
(1971).
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