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Quarks Influenced by Their Neighborhood
November 20, 2009
The quark structure inside protons and neutrons changes based on the local nuclear environment, according to electron accelerator experiments.
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Karen L. Kavanagh
Karen L. Kavanagh received her Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1987. Since 2000 she has been a professor of physics at Simon Fraser University, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, where her research is focused on atomic interfaces and nanostructures. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a member of the Böhmische Physicalische Society, and has published over 100 papers.
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