Scientists take giant step forward in understanding exotic nuclei

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Gammasphere and the Fragment Mass Analyzer (above) were used to select sup101supSn nuclei. Credit: ANL
Gammasphere and the Fragment Mass Analyzer (above) were used to select 101Sn nuclei. Credit: ANL

Developing good predictive powers of how all nuclei work is critical to advance our understanding of the universe. The vast nuclear landscape, which is thought to consist of about 6,000 isotopes is not well charted and half the nuclei remain unknown.


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