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Are there any indications that there are elements beyond the 118 we have currently discovered or synthesized? If so, is there any indication that there is a finite number of elements, other than their increasingly short halflives?
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As a layperson, I would assume that one could just continually add more protons and neutrons to continually make new elements, but I'm not sure about the physics or any limitations related to that. If I'm right, then I assume the only difficulty is stabilizing the samples long enough for a confirmation, as I know that the last few elements we synthesized had incredibly short halflives. Are there any OTHER limitations to the atomic number of an atom? Will the periodic table ever be done? And are there any ways to forcefully stabilize atoms that would allow us to push farther?
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