Heavy Element Spectroscopy At JYFL.

A series of experiments to study the properties of transfermium nuclei have been performed at the Department of Physics of the University of Jyväskylä. The experiments are carried out by a large group of collaborating institutes. These studies have been rendered possible by the coupling of various state-of-the-art detector systems to the RITU gas-filled recoil separator. In-beam conversion-electron and gamma-ray measurements have been made using the SACRED silicon and JuroGam germanium-detector arrays, respectively. The introduction of the GREAT spectrometer and TDR data acquisition system have greatly improved the quality of the data obtained at RITU. A brief overview of the instrumentation used and highlights from recent experiments are presented. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]