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The experiment was performed at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) in Osaka. The research team, lead by scientists from TU Darmstadt and the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy-Ion Research, and from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, discuss the new findings in a contribution to the latest issue of the journal
Science .
The strong interaction binds neutrons and protons together to atomic nuclei. The knowledge of properties of nuclei and their theoretical description is basis for our understanding of nuclear matter and the development of the universe. Laboratory-based studies of reactions between atomic nuclei provide means to explore nuclear properties. These experiments allow to test and verify theories that describe properties of extended nuclear matter at different conditions, as present, for instance, in neutron stars in the universe. Several theories predict the formation of nuclear clusters like helium nuclei in dilute nuclear matter.
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Atomic nuclei are held together by the strong interaction between neutrons and protons. About ten percent of all known nuclei are stable. Starting from these stable isotopes, nuclei become increasingly unstable as neutrons are added or removed, until neutrons can no longer bind to the nucleus and drip out. This limit of existence, the so-called neutron dripline , has so far been discovered experimentally only for light elements up to neon. Understanding the neutron dripline and the structure of neutron-rich nuclei also plays a key role in the research program for the future accelerator facility FAIR at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt.
Published: Dec 23, 2020
Cardiac arrhythmia relates to irregular rate or rhythm of heartbeat, and while most of these conditions are fairly harmless, certain cases can be utterly serious and even lead to death as the lack of blood flow can severely damage the heart, brain, and other organs. Thankfully, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is strongly supporting researchers aiming to formulate a method to treat this disorder.
One of the recent and revolutionary development has been the advent of portable devices to identify arrhythmias on the run time. Conceptualized by the researchers at the Technological Institute of Morelia, the device not only detects cardiac arrhythmias on a real-time basis but also can be placed on the chest of the patients as well as made as a part of cloth such as shirt. The device only has a size of 20 by 20 centimeters and is capable of detecting eight different kinds of arrhythmias.