View inside the GSI Fragement Separator (IMAGE)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

View inside the GSI Fragement Separator

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The fragment separator FRS made a special contribution to the discoveries. This “sorting machine” can isolate specific nuclei from a multitude of fragments after a nuclear collision and examine them for isomerism.

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© A. Zschau, GSI/FAIR

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