A research team has achieved a significant breakthrough in determining fundamental properties of atomic nuclei. The team conducted laser spectroscopy experiments on muonic helium-3. Muonic helium-3 is ...

An international research team led by the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has measured the radius of the nucleus of muonic helium-3 with unprecedented precision. The results are an important stress test ...

A recent experimental measurement has identified a significant discrepancy between theoretical predictions and the observed behavior of the helium-4 nucleus ... as well as the microscopic structure of ...

Atom structure, anatomy, model. Atoms consist of three basic ... Atomic number and mass number of ordinary atoms, using helium as example Atomic number and mass number of ordinary atoms, using helium ...

Nicholas Fitzkee receives funding from The National Science Foundation (DBI 2215258, CHE/MCB 2304919) and the National Institutes of Health (R01GM113152). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or ...

More information: Nick A. von Jeinsen et al, 2D Helium Atom Diffraction from a Microscopic Spot, Physical Review Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.236202 ...

In a world first, researchers have recorded exactly how solvents interact with dissolved materials, one atom at a time. After a solute, such as salt, dissolves in a solvent, such as water, the two ...

Helium is the simplest element in the periodic ... physicists are close to solving a major cosmic mystery Why isn’t an atom’s nucleus round? The discrepancy between theory and experiment ...

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