European User Facilities

Catania National Laboratory of the South, Italy
CELSIUS Storage Ring at The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden
COSY Cooler Synchrotron, Jülich Research Center, Germany
Frascati National Laboratory, Italy
GANIL Heavy Ion National Research Facility, Caen, France
Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy
GSI, Heavy Ion Research Facility, Darmstadt, Germany
Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
JINR, Dubna, Russia
Jyvaskyla Accelerator Laboratory, Finland
KVI AGOR (Accelerateur Groningen-ORsay), Groningen, The Netherlands
Legnaro National Laboratory, Italy
Louvain-la-Neuve Cyclotron Research Center, Radioactive Ion Beams, Belgium
MAMI Microtron, Universität Mainz, Germany
MAX-lab National Electron Accelerator Laboratory, Lund, Sweden
VIVITRON Tandem Van de Graaff Accelerator, Strasbourg, France

Highlights

Graph comparing a neutron star with a quark-matter core vs. a nuclear matter core in mass vs. radius. The quark matter core star would have less mass and radius than the nuclear matter core, as stars with smaller radii and more mass are too unstable.

New Clues on Twin Neutron Stars and the Extreme Physics Inside

Scientists have new insights into factors that determine how twin neutron stars—stars with the same mass but different sizes and compositions—can coexist.

Illustration of alpha fusion processes in stars and reactions used on Earth floating above an image of the Earth

Predictive Theory Revises Understanding of Alpha Processes During the Big Bang and in Massive Stars

Theoretical calculations enable more accurate determination of reaction rates for modelling primordial lithium-6 abundance and massive stars’ lifecycle.

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