Record-breaking Rf-252: Researchers produce shortest-lived superheavy nucleus and measure its subsequent decay
A team of researchers from GSI/FAIR, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz has succeeded in ...
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Land ahoy! — Experiments at GSI/FAIR reveal the shoreline of the island of stability of superheavy elements
However, as the positively charged protons repel each other, nuclei with too many protons are at risk of splitting — a challenge in the production of new, superheavy elements. Certain ...
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Semiconductor radiation detectors designed for extreme environments
A collaborative team led by researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...
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Other areas of study are the creation of superheavy elements, and the application of radioactive substances in medicine. The semileptonic decay channels of the Λc baryon can give important ...