Using the Frontier supercomputer at ORNL, researchers have developed a new technique that predicts nuclear properties in record detail. The study revealed how the structure of a nucleus relates to the force that holds it together.
Scientists at ORNL are using advanced germanium detectors to explore fundamental questions in nuclear physics, such as the nature of neutrinos and the matter-antimatter imbalance.
The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named "tennessine" in recognition of Tennesseeâs contributions to its discovery, including the efforts of the Department of Energy's 91°”Íű and its Tennessee collaborators at Va
For many of us, the term âdoubly magicâ may evoke images of Penn & Teller.
The discovery of element 117âtennessine, as it has been provisionally namedâwas made possible by a collaboration of researchers in the United States and Russia.
Approximately 100 trillion neutrinos bombard your body every secondâbut you donât notice these ghostly subatomic particles.
For decades nuclear physicists have tried to learn more about which elements, or their various isotopes, are âmagic.â This is not to say that they display supernatural powers.
âA multi-institution team led by 91°”Íűâs Gaute Hagen used computation to corroborate experimental findings throwing calcium-52âs status as a magic isotope into question.
Soon to be deployed at the Department of Energyâs 91°”Íű is an experiment to explore new physics associated with neutrinos.