Gammasphere 2 October 12, 1998 Nobelium-254--the heaviest nucleus ever studied. Physics News Graphics: Gammasphere

Gammasphere

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A physicist looks at the inner workings of the Gammasphere, a large detector used to study the way heavy nuclei, created in high-energy collisions, lose energy by throwing out gamma rays. (Courtesy Argonne National lab.) This research is reported by Scientists speaking at the APS Nuclear Physics Division


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