Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2004-12-09
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
5 pages. To be published in Kerntechnik
Scientific paper
There are two independent claims for the discovery of element 112: The claim by Hofmann et al. from 1996 and the older claim from 1971 by Marinov et al. This Comment will not challenge the experimental results of Hofmann et al., but it will discuss one aspect of the claimed discovery of element 112 by Marinov et al., as their experiment has never been reproduced in exactly the form in which the original experiment has been carried out. The reasons for this deficiency may not be found in the field of science, but possibly in radioprotection restrictions for researchers who want to carry out such an experiment. However, such is not a sufficient reason to exclude the original claim from all considerations of the responsible international authorities, who have to settle such priority questions. It may be in agreement with scientific traditions, that when the responsible international committees do not feel to be able to come to a positive decision on the "1971" claim, they could keep the priority problem unsettled for the time being.
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