Tag: Atomic Physics

By U.S. Department of Energy May 21, 2024 Electrons are elementary subatomic particles with negligible mass that surround the nucleus ...

Argonne National Laboratory’s nanocryotron amplifies weak electrical signals in particle detectors, crucial for collider experiments like those at Brookhaven. Its ...

Researchers have devised a method to accurately measure an atom’s three-dimensional position with a single image, revolutionizing quantum mechanics experiments ...

The Compton polarimeter’s laser system, used to measure the parallel spin of electrons, is aligned during the Calcium Radius Experiment ...

Collisions of heavy ions generate an immensely strong electromagnetic field. Scientists investigate traces of this powerful electromagnetic field in the ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have achieved a scientific breakthrough by trapping krypton atoms inside carbon nanotubes, creating a ...

Emission of a single photon in the Maxwell fish-eye lens. Credit: Oliver Diekmann (TU Wien)Scientists have developed “quantum ping-pong”: Using ...

By U.S. Department of Energy January 1, 2024Representation of nuclear matter on the left and of quark matter on the ...

By U.S. Department of Energy January 1, 2024Quark gluon plasma (QGP) is a unique state of matter produced by colliding ...

The neutrons and protons are present in the carbon nucleus as three clusters of four. Depending on the energy state ...