The size of a nucleus appears to influence the direction of certain particles emitted from collisions with spinning protons.
Swirling soup of matter’s fundamental building blocks spins ten billion trillion times faster than the most powerful tornado, setting new record for “vorticity.”
The newly upgraded CEBAF Accelerator opens door to strong force studies.
Calculations of a subatomic particle called the sigma provide insight into the communication between subatomic particles deep inside the heart of matter.
A new high-power green-light laser generates beam-cooling electrons at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider.
Scientists discover new signposts in the quest to determine how matter from the early universe turned into the world we know today.
Researchers demonstrate a new technique for producing polarized positrons that could improve manufacturing and lead to new discoveries.
A new method detects residual contaminants in ultra-pure helium gas, critical to nuclear physics experiments.
Studies of the neutrinos emitted in the radioactive decay of nuclei held in an ion trap allow sensitive searches for new interactions.
Using fast particles to probe hot matter in nuclear collisions.
New data that "wimpy" gluons, the glue-like particles that bind quarks within protons, have a big impact on proton spin.
Cutting-edge experiment with a beam of radioactive barium ions provides direct evidence of nuclear pear-shape deformation.
