Anyone who has recently glanced at a library shelf of physics journals or browsed the literature online will instantly recognize both the increase in volume and the fragmentation of disciplines. How can a researcher stay on top of his or her own field, much less stay abreast of related areas that might harbor interdisciplinary gems? To address this, we begin a new publication, simply called Physics. Read More »
Water droplets impacting a cold surface exhibit a variety of fracture patterns depending on the temperature of the surface. Read More »
When an atom is bombarded with just enough energy to fully ionize it, how do the electrons and nucleus break apart from each other? Experimentalists are now able to study such a four-body breakup by bombarding a helium atom with an electron. Read More »
Researchers test a candidate nuclear model against 126 neutron-rich isotopes. Read More »
Light pulses with few optical cycles and defined carrier-envelope phase can induce selective photofragmentation of molecules on the attosecond timescale. Read More »
Firing projectiles at plates of glass or plastic shows that the number of resulting cracks is an indicator of the impact velocity and of material properties. Read More »
Heavy nuclei formed by fusion reactions often decay rapidly by fissioning into two fragments. Understanding how these decays occur and over what time scale provides a means to locate the superheavy “island of stability.”
Observation of a two-neutron halo in 22C makes it the heaviest “Borromean” nucleus yet observed. Read More »
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