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The STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) acts like a giant 3D digital camera to track particles emerging from particle collisions at the center of the detector. Image credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory.

New Method Lets Physicists ‘See’ Details inside Atomic Nuclei

Jan 4, 2023 by News Staff

The novel method, developed by nuclear physicists at the STAR detector of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), relies on particles of light that...