Physicists net neutron star gold from measurement of lead

Physicists net neutron star gold from measurement of lead

Space Daily

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Newport News VA (SPX) Apr 28, 2021

Nuclear physicists have made a new, highly accurate measurement of the thickness of the neutron "skin" that encompasses the lead nucleus in experiments conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and just published in Physical Review Letters. The result, which revealed a neutron skin thickness of .28 millionths of a nanometer, has important implica

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