Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Long-Lived Quantum State Points the Way to Solving a Mystery in Radioactive Nuclei
August 17, 2023
August 17, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Timothy Gray of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory led a study that may have revealed an unexpected change in the shape of an atomic nucleus. The surprise finding could affect our understanding of what holds nuclei together, how protons and neutrons interact and how elements form.
"We used radioactive beams . . .
Timothy Gray of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory led a study that may have revealed an unexpected change in the shape of an atomic nucleus. The surprise finding could affect our understanding of what holds nuclei together, how protons and neutrons interact and how elements form.
"We used radioactive beams . . .