SHIP Separator for Heavy Ion

SHIP = Separator for Heavy Ion Products (Germany) JINR = Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russia) ppm = parts per million ppb = parts per billion % = percent A= heat... 

The identification of the first transuranium elements was by chemical means. In the early 1960s physical techniques were developed which allowed for detection of nuclei with lifetimes of less than one second at high sensitivity. A further improvement of the physical methods was obtained with the development of recoil separators and large area position sensitive detectors. As a prime example for such instruments, we will describe the velocity filter SHIP (Separator for Heavy-Ion reaction Products) and its detector system, which were developed at the UNILAC. The principle of separation and detection techniques used in the other laboratories is comparable. 

In 1994 and 1995 Dr. Darleane Hoffinan of LLNL in Cahfornia and others from Germany used the Separator for Heavy Ion Reaction Products (SHIP) at the GSI laboratory in Darmstadt, Germany, to produce two new isotopes of element 110. 

Schematic view of the veiocity fiiter Separator for Heavy Ion reaction Products (SHiP) in its present configuration with target wheei and detector array (Hofmann and Munzenberg 2000)...

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