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Nucl-Ex represents the dynamic frontier where scientists probe the fundamental building blocks of matter through high-energy experiments. By smashing particles together at incredible speeds or observing rare cosmic events, researchers uncover the forces that govern our universe and test the limits of our current understanding of physics.
At Gist.Science, we ensure these breakthroughs reach a broader audience by processing every new preprint in this field directly from arXiv. For each study, we provide both a clear, plain-language explanation of the core discoveries and a detailed technical summary for those seeking deeper insights. Below are the latest papers in nuclear experiment research, curated to help you stay informed on the latest developments from the lab.
This paper presents a three-dimensional analysis of the two-pion source in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV using Monte-Carlo simulations and compares these results with recent centrality-dependent measurements from the PHENIX Collaboration to refine the description of pion emission shapes using Levy-stable distributions.
This paper applies radiative corrections to recent MINERvA antineutrino-hydrogen scattering data to extract the nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius, thereby enabling more precise comparisons with lattice QCD predictions and reducing uncertainties in neutrino interaction modeling.
This study utilizes NAP-XPS and Raman spectroscopy to demonstrate that CO-based mixtures promote the formation of stable, thin inorganic copper oxide layers on GEM electrodes through mild redox equilibria, thereby offering a mechanism for enhanced long-term detector stability compared to hydrocarbon-based systems.
The STAR experiment's first measurements of two-particle transverse momentum correlations in fixed-target Au+Au collisions at GeV reveal a statistically significant () non-monotonic dependence on collision energy and a breakdown of independent-source scaling in central collisions, providing new constraints on the QCD equation of state and potential evidence for a critical point.
This paper presents a fast, high-fidelity generative model based on score-driven diffusion and the Point-Edge Transformer architecture that successfully simulates realistic, high-multiplicity heavy-ion collision events through a two-stage training strategy, demonstrating its potential to replace computationally intensive traditional simulations.
This paper presents the design, construction, and testing of a modular 24-detector NaI(Tl) array with custom pulse and current-mode electronics, developed by the NOPTREX Collaboration to measure parity-odd asymmetries in neutron-nucleus interactions, as demonstrated by the successful observation of the 0.7 eV parity-violating resonance in 139La at LANSCE.
Using continuum Schwinger function methods, this paper challenges the simple hydrogen-like atomic model of ground-state scalar and pseudoscalar charmonia by revealing their complex internal structures, including nontrivial orbital angular momentum contributions and non-positive-definite distribution amplitudes, while providing theoretical benchmarks for understanding heavy-quark hadrons.
The STAR experiment at RHIC presents the first measurement of inclusive polarization in Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions at GeV, finding that the polarization parameters are consistent with zero across various transverse momenta and collision centralities, aligning with previous measurements and transport-model calculations.
This paper evaluates pion-induced QED radiative corrections to the inverse beta decay cross section using heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory, demonstrating that these effects are small enough to enable sub-permille theoretical precision for antineutrino energies above 10 MeV.
This paper presents recent ALICE measurements from July 2025 LHC runs involving proton-oxygen, oxygen-oxygen, and neon-neon collisions, detailing charged-particle pseudorapidity densities, flow coefficients, and neutral pion suppression to advance the understanding of particle production and collective phenomena in small collision systems.