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Professor Manuel (center) discusses research on the composition of the Sun with (on the left) Professor Fumihiko Suekane of Tohoku University's Research Center for Neutrino Science in Sendai, Japan and (on the right) Professor Dr. Hans Klapdor-Kleingrothaus of the Max-Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik in Heidelberg, Germany.

SPECIALIZATION

  • Nuclear Geo-, Cosmo-Chemistry
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • 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

  • "On the cosmic nuclear cycle and the similarity of nuclei and stars", O.Manuel, Micheal Mozina and Hilton Ratcliffe, Journal of Fusion Energy (in press 2006)
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  • "Observational confirmation of the Sun's CNO cycle", Michael Mozina, Hilton Ratcliffe and O. Manuel, submitted for publication 28 December 2005
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  • 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.
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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
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  • "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
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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • 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).
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  • O. Manuel, "The Need To Measure Low Energy, Anti-Neutrinos (E < 0.782 MeV) From The Sun", Physics of Atomic Nuclei, in press (2004).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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).
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  • 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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