Heavy element radiochemistry

This group uses all three of the LBL accelerators to identify and characterize new elements and isotopes, to study nuclear mechanisms, and to train students in modern radiochemical techniques. Currently, research is focused on (1) the synthesis and identification of new isotopes and elements in the actinide and transactinide region, along with attempts to synthesize superheavy elements, (2) the study of low-energy heavy ion reaction mechanisms such as massive transfer, complete fusion and deep inelastic scattering, potentially useful in the synthesis of new elements and isotopes, and (3) the characterization of the mechanisms operating in intermediate energy (10-100 MeV/nucleon) and relativistic (greater than or equal to250 MeV/nucleon) heavy ion (RHI) reactions through studies of the target fragment yields, energies, angular distributions, etc