Molecular-like structure of the beryllium-10 nucleus. ... (CAS), along with their collaborators, have recently discovered a molecular-type structure in the ground state of atomic nuclei.

Scientists discuss the structure of unstable and unbound forms of Helium, Lithium, and Beryllium nuclei that have unusually large neutron to proton ratios -- dubbed 'exotic' light nuclei. Many ...

Theories must stand up to practical testing, and this is especially true in physics. Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Texas A&M University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, ...

Included in that atomic soup is carbon-12, which occasionally collides with cosmic rays. When these high-energy rays collide with carbon-12 atoms, "it literally breaks the nucleus apart, and what ...

In the case of atomic nuclei, computer simulations suggest that e.g. the nucleus of beryllium 9Be contains two alpha clusters and one neutron (the whole complex would look like a dumbbell).

This is a summary of: Dickopf, S. et al.Precision spectroscopy on 9 Be overcomes limitations from nuclear structure. Nature 632, 757–761 (2024).. The problem. The standard model of particle ...