Colliding heavy nuclei take multiple identities on the path to fusion

Abstract The properties of superheavy elements probe extremes of physics and chemistry. They are synthesised at accelerator laboratories using nuclear fusion, where two atomic nuclei collide, stick together (capture), then with low probability evolve to a compact superheavy nucleus. The fundamental...

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Main Authors: Kaitlin J. Cook, Dominic C. Rafferty, David J. Hinde, Edward C. Simpson, Mahananda Dasgupta, Lorenzo Corradi, Maurits Evers, Enrico Fioretto, Dongyun Jeung, Nikolai Lobanov, Duc Huy Luong, Tea Mijatović, Giovanna Montagnoli, Alberto M. Stefanini, Suzana Szilner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43817-8