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September 30, 2015

New method to better understand atomic nuclei
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2015
The precise structure of atomic nuclei is an old problem that has not been fully solved yet, and it also constitutes a current research focus in the field of natural sciences. Together with colleagues from Bonn University, physicists at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have developed an approach to carry out precision calculations of the forces acting between the particles inside the nucleus. They published their results in the magazine Physical Review Letters. Atomic nuclei are made up of protons and neut ... read more

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