Rare snapshots of a kiwi-shaped atomic nucleus

Magda Zielińska () and Paul E. Garrett ()

Nature, 2024, vol. 635, issue 8037, 41-42

Abstract: Smashing uranium-238 ions together proves to be a reliable way of imaging their nuclei. High-energy collision experiments reveal nuclear shapes that are strongly elongated and have no symmetry around their longest axis.

Keywords: Nuclear physics; Physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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