Researchers show that an excited state previously predicted to exist in neon-20 is real by using particle scattering experiments. By merging into five groups of four, the protons and neutrons in ...

In an atomic nucleus, protons and neutrons presumably dance around in twosomes, like couples at a grand ball. This hypothetical pairing, which is supported by experimental evidence, enables physicists ...

The researchers were interested in studying the final fate of stars within a mass range of 8 to 10 solar masses, or 8 to 10 times the mass of our Sun. This mass range is important because it includes ...

The fact that only very small amounts of materials are required in studies of the resonance capture of protons in the lighter elements invites attempts to prepare targets by means of ion beams. In ...

Osaka, Japan - Scientists from the Department of Physics and the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) at Osaka University, in collaboration with Kyoto University, used alpha particle inelastic ...