The TASCA recoil separator at GSI Darmstadt. (IMAGE)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH

The TASCA recoil separator at GSI Darmstadt.

Caption

The calcium beam from the UNILAC accelerator passed through the beamline visible on the left of the image to the target area (center of image) where nuclear fusion leading to flerovium production took place. The nuclear reaction products and the unreacted calcium beam then passed through the magnets visible in red on the right, which isolated the flerovium nuclei from all other particles. Flerovium then entered the detection apparatus at the end of the separator.

Credit

Photo: G. Otto, GSI/FAIR

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