Synthesis of super-heavy elements in the outer crust of a magnetar

A theoretical understanding of a possible mechanism for synthesizing super-heavy elements in the outer crust of magnetars is presented. We demonstrate that such a mechanism can be present whenever the baryon density in the outer crust of a neutron star reaches values around 10^-2 fm^-3. This scenario could be realized in magnetars with hypothetical large magnetic fields, B ≥ 10^18 G. Under such conditions, the Coulomb lattice, formed by ionized nuclei, enables a mechanism that synthesizes super-heavy elements.