The symposium covered the following topics: Physical foundation of preequilibrium reaction models; Randomness in nuclei and nuclear reactions; Statistical multistep compound and direct reactions; Exit channels in nuclear reactions: n, p, α, and γ-emission as well as fission; Multiple emission processes; Parameter systematics for nuclear model calculations; New approaches to angular distributions; Experiments for reaction mechanism studies; Applications for nuclear data evaluation.

The Wigner Symposium series is focussed on fundamental problems and new developments in physics and their experimental, theoretical and mathematical aspects. Particular emphasis is given to those topics which have developed from the work of Eugene P Wigner. The 2nd Wigner symposium is centered around notions of symmetry and geometry, the foundations of quantum mechanics, quantum optics and particle physics. Other fields like dynamical systems, neural networks and physics of information are also represented.This volume brings together 19 plenary lectures which survey latest developments and more than 130 contributed research reports.

This book presents an integrated and holistic discussion on cadmium, lead and mercury toxicity in aquatic environments, expanding general concepts on chemical speciation effects and exploring specific environmental toxicological issues, exposure routes, and bioanalytical approaches for their determination and assessments on their intracellular deleterious effects. It contains worldwide and regional aspects on cadmium, lead and mercury occurrence, fate, and toxicity, addressing key environmental exposure and health risk concerns to both humans and aquatic organisms. Our book is of interest to anyone conducting research in the broad fields of oceanography, geochemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental and public health.

Contents:Nuclear Structure:Multiphonon Giant Resonances (C A Bertulani)Relativistic Description of Dripline Nuclei (P Ring)Magnetic Rotations in the Lead Region (R V Ribas)Nucleon–Nucleon Interaction:A Review of the Nucleon–Nucleon Paris Potential (B Loiseau)Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Structure (R Machleidt)Relativity and the Nuclear Interaction (J A Tjon)Nuclear Reactions:Experimental Studies of Exotic Nuclei (A Lépine-Szily)Out of Plane Spectrometry and the Issue of Nucleon Deformation (C N Papanicolas)Applied Nuclear Physics:Large Neutron Tomography (W Treimer)Nuclear Physics and Medicine (C C Robilotta)and other papers Readership:

These proceedings cover the following topics: Regular and chaotic motion in nuclei; Symmetry violations in statistical nuclear reactions; From nuclear forces to statistical matrix elements; From single step to compound nuclear reactions; Medium energy nuclear reactions; Nucleus-nucleus collisions and nuclear fission.

This proceedings volume includes 66 papers on the latest developments in heavy ion collisions, the synthesis of new elements and nuclei far from stability, nuclear structure, physics with radioactive beams, and applications of heavy ion beams.