Superheavy Element Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Project: Research

Project Details

Description

The experimental nuclear structure group in Lund had the opportunity to join the superheavy element research programme at the 88" cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The contribution from Lund is to provide, implement, and maintain a new focal-plane detector system behind the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator (BGS). This detector for SuperHeavy RECoils (SHREC) consists of several custom-made double-sided silicon-strip detectors developed and manufactured in Lund. SHREC is going to be used for decay spectroscopy of heavy and superheavy nuclei located at the upper end of the chart of nuclei.

Next to registered funding from the Carl-Tryggers Foundation, the project is also supported by a sabbatical stipend from the Wenner-Gren Foundations and travel stipends from the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund.
StatusActive
Effective start/end date2021/01/012028/12/31

Collaborative partners

  • Lund University
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Project partner) (lead)

Funding

  • Carl Tryggers Stiftelse för Vetenskaplig Forskning

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Subatomic Physics

Free keywords

  • Superheavy elements
  • Decay spectroscopy
  • Silicon Detectors