Gammasphere

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The Gammasphere is a third generation gamma ray spectrometer used to study rare and exotic nuclear physics. It consists of 110 Compton-suppressed large volume, high-purity germanium detectors arranged in a spherical shell.[http://nucalf.physics.fsu.edu/~riley/gamma/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612111726/http://nucalf.physics.fsu.edu/~riley/gamma/ |date=2010-06-12 }}, Gammasphere Online Booklet

Gammasphere has been used to perform a variety of experiments in nuclear physics. Most experiments involve using heavy ion nuclear fusion to form a highly excited atomic nucleus. This nucleus may then emit protons, neutrons, or alpha particles followed by a shower of tens of gamma rays. Gammasphere is used to measure properties of these gamma-rays for tens of millions of such gamma ray showers. The resultant data are analyzed to gain a deeper understanding of the properties of nuclei.

Gammasphere was built in the early 1990s and has operated at the 88-inch cyclotron at Berkeley National Laboratory and at Argonne National Laboratory.

In the movie Hulk, Bruce Banner is zapped by a machine called the Gammasphere. The actual Gammasphere, which detects rather than emits gamma rays, was used as a model for the device shown in the movie.[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/06/030623083540.htm], ScienceDaily: Gammasphere Featured In New 'Hulk' Movie