Eur. Phys. J. D 45, 33-37 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00146-1

GSI experiments on synthesis and nuclear structure investigations of the heaviest nuclei

Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany

Corresponding author: ^a f.p.hessberger@gsi.de

Received: 18 December 2006
Revised: 8 March 2007
Published online: 4 May 2007

Abstract

Isotopes of elements up to Z = 113 have been synthesized using medium heavy projectiles and target nuclei around doubly magic ²⁰⁸Pb. Synthesis of still heavier elements in reactions of ⁴⁸Ca projectiles with actinide target nuclei has been reported. To obtain more information about production mechanism of transfermium isotopes nuclear reaction studies including investigations of massive transfer were resumed at SHIP, GSI. Nuclear structure investigations at SHIP have been concentrated so far mainly on systematic investigations of low lying Nilsson levels in odd-mass nuclei. Recently this field has been extended to decay studies of isomeric states in nobelium nuclei at E^* > 1 MeV.