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    Gates, J M; Pang, G K; Pore, J L; Gregorich, K E; Kwarsick, J T; Savard, G; Esker, N E; Kireeff Covo, M; Mogannam, M J; Batchelder, J C; Bleuel, D L; Clark, R M; Crawford, H L; Fallon, P; Hubbard, K K; Hurst, A M; Kolaja, I T; Macchiavelli, A O; Morse, C; Orford, R; Phair, L; Stoyer, M A

    Physical review letters, 2018-Nov-30, Letnik: 121, Številka: 22
    Journal Article

    An experiment was performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's 88-in. Cyclotron to determine the mass number of a superheavy element. The measurement resulted in the observation of two α-decay chains, produced via the ^{243}Am(^{48}Ca,xn)^{291-x}Mc reaction, that were separated by mass-to-charge ratio (A/q) and identified by the combined BGS+FIONA apparatus. One event occurred at A/q=284 and was assigned to ^{284}Nh (Z=113), the α-decay daughter of ^{288}Mc (Z=115), while the second occurred at A/q=288 and was assigned to ^{288}Mc. This experiment represents the first direct measurements of the mass numbers of superheavy elements, confirming previous (indirect) mass-number assignments.