April 28, 2023
Zeroing in on a Fundamental Property of the Proton’s Internal Dynamics
Theory and experiment combine to provide the most precise empirical extraction of the proton’s tensor charge, a fundamental property of the proton.
April 21, 2023
Understanding the Origin of Matter with the CUORE Experiment
Physicists use a detector under an Italian mountain to search for rare nuclear processes to explain why our Universe has more matter than antimatter.
April 14, 2023
Nucleons in Heavy Ion Collisions Are Half as Big as Previously Expected
Researchers perform a global analysis of lead-lead collisions, finding that agreement with the reaction rate requires a much smaller nucleus.
April 12, 2023
First Science Results from FRIB Published
Researchers have published the results from the first experiment at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, measurement of 5 new half-lives, in Physical Review Letters.
April 7, 2023
New Findings on the Flow of Particles in Heavy Ion Collisions
Study reveals that initial state conditions set up particle flow patterns, helping zero in on key properties of matter that mimics the early universe.
April 5, 2023
A Novel Way to Get to the Excited States of Exotic Nuclei
Scientists find a new approach to access unusual excited nuclear levels.
March 24, 2023
Signs of Gluon Saturation Emerge from Particle Collisions
Suppression of a telltale sign of quark-gluon interactions indicates gluon recombination in dense walls of gluons.
March 22, 2023
New Type of Entanglement Lets Scientists ‘See’ Inside Nuclei
Quantum interference between dissimilar particles offers new approach for mapping gluons in nuclei, and potentially harnessing entanglement.
March 17, 2023
Scientists Find a Common Thread Linking Subatomic Color Glass Condensate and Massive Black Holes
Physicists show that black holes and dense state of gluons—the “glue” particles that hold nuclear matter together—share common features.
March 8, 2023
Hitting Nuclei with Light May Create Fluid Primordial Matter
Theorists' hydrodynamic flow calculations accurately describe data from collisions of photons with lead nuclei at the ATLAS experiment.