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07.12.2018: First Ionization Potentials of Fm, Md, No, and Lr: Verification of Filling-Up of 5f Electrons and Confirmation of the Actinide Series

In a current paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), we report the first ionization potentials (IP1) of the heavy actinides, fermium (Fm, atomic number Z = 100), mendelevium (Md, Z = 101), nobelium (No, Z = 102), and lawrencium (Lr, Z = 103). ...

29.09.2018: TASCA 18

17th Workshop on Recoil Separator for Superheavy Element Chemistry ...

19.04.2018: A step closer to the nuclear clock

Oscillations in the atomic nucleus of thorium-229 to be used as pulse generator for future nuclear clocks ...

26.02.2018: The Quest for Superheavy Elements and the Island of Stability

A race is on to create the world's heaviest elements ...

21.09.2017: Michael Götz wins first poster prize at GDCh annual meeting

Michael Götz, PhD student in our group, is the winner of the first poster prize at the annual meeting of the Section Nuclear Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) at the Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2017 in Berlin. ...

05.09.2017: TASCA 17

16th Workshop on Recoil Separator for Superheavy Element Chemistry ...

12.12.2016: Direct detection of elusive thorium-229 isomer among "Physics World Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year 2016"

The direct detection of the exotic isomeric state in thorium-229 at the LMU Munich, achieved in collaboration with our group, belongs to the IOP's "Physics World Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year 2016" ...

29.11.2016: Nobelium in the limelight – Atom-at-a-time laser spectroscopy at SHIP gives first insight in heavy element’s atomic structure

The analysis of atomic spectra is of fundamental importance for our understanding of atomic structures. Until now, researchers were unable to examine heavy elements with corresponding optical spectroscopy because these elements do not occur in nature and cannot be artificially created in weighable amounts. ...

30.08.2016: TASCA 16

15th Workshop on Recoil Separator for Superheavy Element Chemistry ...

29.06.2016: The chemistry is right not only in element 113: Helmholtz International Fellow Professor David Hinde from Australia is guest of GSI and HIM

Professor David Hinde, Director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra (Australia), recently received the Helmholtz International Fellow Award. ...