| Taking
temperatures of nuclear transitions
A new way of
probing the low-energy regime of the nucleus shows step-by-step decay of
internal order.
References:
Melby, E., et
al. 1999. Observation of thermodynamical properties in the 162Dg
, 166Er and 172Yb nuclei. Physical Review
Letters. In press.
Further Readings:
Peterson, I. 1995.
Explosive expansion of atomic nuclei. Science News 147(April
15):228.
Sources:
Magne Guttormsen
University of Oslo
Department of Physics
Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory (OCL)
P.O. Box 1048
Blindern, Oslo N-0316
Norway
Teng L. Khoo
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Steven Koonin
California Institute of Technology
Department of Theoretical Physics
Mailstop Code 206-31
Pasadena, CA 91125
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 8, August 21, 1999, p. 118. Copyright © 1999,
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