Shape Matters in Nuclear Physics Collisions
Nuclear physicists colliding football- and sphere-shaped ions discover evidence supporting a paradigm shift in the birth of the quark-gluon plasma.
Nuclear physicists colliding football- and sphere-shaped ions discover evidence supporting a paradigm shift in the birth of the quark-gluon plasma.
Antiproton pairs generated in high-energy heavy-ion collisions interact with a strong attractive force.
Indirect method let scientists determine stellar reaction rates, providing detailed information about the universe.
The neutron skin of the nucleus calcium-48 is much thinner than previously thought.
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass, garners the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
RHIC physicists discover key evidence for a long-debated phenomenon in particle collisions.
Novel experiments measure unusual thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen with a rare oxygen isotope.
First mixed matter/anti-matter probe aims to solve decade-old proton puzzle.
Nuclear physics research with radioactive beams enhanced by high-efficiency charge-breeding techniques.
New electron spectroscopy technique may lead to an improved neutrino mass determination.
Discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass, garners the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics.
New scalable cost-effective ultracold neutron detector has many applications.