  The combination of the configuration interaction method and all-order
single-double coupled-cluster technique is used to calculate excitation
energies, ionization potentials and static dipole polarizabilities of
superheavy elements nobelium, lawrencium and rutherfordium. Breit and quantum
electrodynamic corrections are also included. The results for the superheavy
elements are compared with earlier calculations where available. Similar
calculations for lighter analogs, ytterbium, lutetium, and hafnium are used to
study the accuracy of the calculations. The estimated uncertainties of the
final results are discussed.
