JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fleeting form of nitrogen stretches nuclear theory to its limits.

  • Published In: Sciencemag.org, 2023. P. N.PAG 1 of 3

  • Database: Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Cho, Adrian 3 of 3

Abstract

Just how long does a cluster of protons and neutrons have to stick together to count as an atomic nucleus? They assumed that nitrogen-9 would split into a proton and carbon-8, an unbound nucleus that decays to two protons and beryllium-6. They combed the data for events that contained precisely the fragments a nitrogen-9 should spawn: five protons and an alpha particle (two protons bound to two neutrons). [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Sciencemag.org. 2023/09, pN.PAG
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Physics
  • Publication Date:2023
  • Accession Number:172366128
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