FRIB researchers use SuN to shine light on exotic nuclear shapes (IMAGE)

Michigan State University Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

FRIB researchers use SuN to shine light on exotic nuclear shapes

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Using the Summing Nal Detector, a team of experimental and theoretical scientists at FRIB took another step in understanding how an atomic nucleus can have two different shapes corresponding to only slightly different energy levels.

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Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

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