Tag Archive for 'Nucleus'

$Neutron stars are the smallest, densest stars in the Universe. True to their name, neutron stars are composed almost entirely of neutrons. Duer et al suggest that some properties of neutron stars may be influenced not only by their multitude of densely packed neutrons, but also by a substantially smaller fraction of protons -- positively charged particles that make up just 5% of a neutron star. This is an illustration of a neutron star. Image credit: Casey Reed, Penn State University.$

Protons May Have Outsize Influence on Properties of Neutron Stars

Aug 14, 2018 by News Staff

A study conducted by an international consortium called the CLAS Collaboration, made up of 182 members from 42 institutions in 9 countries, has confirmed...

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. Image credit: COHERENT Collaboration.

Physicists Observe Elusive Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions for First Time

Aug 4, 2017 by News Staff

A team of physicists with the COHERENT collaboration is the first to detect and characterize coherent elastic scattering of low-energy neutrinos off atomic...