Researchers at CERN have made a great step forward in revealing how atomic nuclei behave after they mapped the edge of a mysterious ‘island of inversion’ where the standard rules of nuclear physics do not apply.
The ISOLDE team at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) used high-precision measurements to pinpoint the western border of an exotic region known as the 40-neutron island of inversion.
Led by Louis Lalanne, a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the team focused on a little-studied isotope called chromium-61, which contains 24 protons and 37 neutrons.
“The ultimate goal is to understand how nuclear structure emerges and evolves across the nuclear landscape,” Lalanne revealed.
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