Read article 'Protons and neutrons certainly prefer each other’s company'
Researchers at the Jefferson Lab have found that neutron–proton pairs in the ground state carbon-12 nucleus are far more common than proton–proton pairs and neutron–neutron pairs.
Read article 'QCD: string theory meets collider physics'
Two fields of physics met at the 2007 DESY theory workshop
Read article 'Symmetries and hadron dynamics go on the MENU'
Hadron physics investigates one of the open frontiers of the Standard Model: the strong interaction for large gauge couplings.
Read article 'HERA leaves a rich legacy of knowledge'
Rolf-Dieter Heuer and Albrecht Wagner take stock of HERA’s harvest of physics.
Read article 'The drip line: nuclei on the edge of stability'
Dave Morrisey describes the challenges of neutron-rich isotopes.
Read article 'Cockcroft’s subatomic legacy: splitting the atom'
Looking back 75 years to the first accelerator-based physics experiment.
Read article 'Exotic lead nuclei get into shape at ISOLDE'
Lead nuclei with too few neutrons turn out to be mainly spherical.
Read article 'Strangeness, charm and beauty come to Slovakia'
SQM 2007 meeting hears of new results and expectations for the LHC.
Read article 'Fast fragmentation produces double firsts for exotic nuclei'
Studies of transition rates between excited states and ground states in these nuclei provide important information to test shell-model predictions.
Read article 'Polarized hyperons probe dynamics of quark spin'
Jefferson Laboratory researchers discuss two new models of spin transfer.
