Detector setup of Lund University used in flerovium experiments. (IMAGE)

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Detector setup of Lund University used in flerovium experiments.

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By means of a silicon detector system inside a vacuum chamber surrounded by new germanium detectors, the energy and time of arrival of the flerovium nuclei and their decay products, e.g. alpha particles, electrons or fission products, as well as X-rays and gamma rays, were registered.

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Photo: A. Såmark-Roth, Lund University

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