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Category: Low-Energy Nuclear Physics

Behind the Science: FIONA

Nuclear Science Division postdoc Marilena Lyklardopoulou (left) and Chemical Sciences Division graduate student Mirza Grebo (center) make adjustments as Jennifer Pore (right foreground), a researcher in Berkeley Lab's Nuclear Science and Chemical Sciences Divisions, shows viewers the FIONA spectrometer at the Lab's 88-Inch Cyclotron.

Episode 1: The Quest for Element 120 and the Elusive Island of Stability

In Memoriam: Rod Clark

Ion Recycling to Illuminate the Heaviest Elements

Illustration of the ion trap used by the ISOLDE team to measure the electron affinity of chlorine. In the trap, chlorine anions are reflected back and forth between two electrostatic ion mirrors, allowing the laser beam (pink) to probe the anions for much longer than in conventional measurements. The laser frequency is tuned to find the exact photon energy above which the extra electron (small white circle) is removed from the anion.

BBC Podcast: New Elements

Image depicting elements on playing cards overlayed over a representation of the periodic table.

GRETA: World’s most powerful detector to examine nuclear ‘fingerprints’ with 100x sensitivity

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GRETA to Open a New Eye on the Nucleus

Two people surrounded by a large aluminum sphere with dozens of cables.

New Technique Sheds Light on Chemistry at the Bottom of the Periodic Table

Two people in safety glasses hold glass beakers containing ball-and-stick models of nobelium molecules. They are surrounded by lab equipment that includes wires, foil-wrapped cables, metal apparatuses, and a computer screen showing data. Images of molecules are projected on the ceiling panels.

NSD Hosts the 22nd Annual Exotic Beam Summer School

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NSD Welcomes Summer Interns

Workshop and Dedication Event Celebrates the Near Completion of GRETA and a Decade of Science with GRETINA

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Building a Data Pipeline to Accelerate Discovery

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