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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 large-scale shell-model investigation of two-neutrino double electron capture in Ba and Kr, providing updated nuclear matrix elements and half-life predictions based on validated effective interactions to support future experimental efforts.
This paper proposes a data-constrained method using blast-wave fits to charged hadron spectra to predict the low- ratio, thereby significantly reducing background uncertainties for direct-photon and dilepton measurements in heavy-ion collisions.
This paper reports high-precision measurements of charged pion multiplicities and their azimuthal modulations in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering off proton and deuteron targets using a 10.6 GeV electron beam at Jefferson Lab, revealing consistent transverse momentum dependencies and significant azimuthal asymmetries that will enable improved determinations of quark transverse momentum distributions.
This paper proposes a novel method using cryogenic microcalorimeters to perform precision muonic x-ray spectroscopy of light transition elements, aiming to reduce the uncertainty in their absolute electric quadrupole moments by an order of magnitude to significantly advance nuclear structure studies and quantum chemistry benchmarks.
This paper presents a model for coherent Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering on polarized He at the Electron-Ion Collider, demonstrating that early data will precisely constrain the unpolarized Compton Form Factor while requiring significantly higher luminosities to meaningfully constrain the polarized component, alongside an analysis of the necessary far-forward detector capabilities for tagging intact nuclei.
This paper applies the Confined beta-Soft (CBS) rotor model to systematically calculate and compare ground-state band energies, B(E2) transition rates, and beta-band excitations of even-even rare-earth nuclei with experimental data, while also providing predictions for unmeasured observables to guide future research.
This paper proposes a method to reconstruct the gluon spatial distribution in high-energy nuclei by measuring the projected momentum transfer distribution perpendicular to the electron scattering plane to mitigate resolution effects and utilizing the angular distribution of vector meson decay products to statistically suppress incoherent backgrounds.
This paper proposes that precise measurements of total charm production in heavy-ion collisions, when combined with improved calculations of initial hard scatterings, can serve as a signature to infer properties of the pre-equilibrium stage, despite current theoretical uncertainties.
This paper presents a general framework for subtracting nonflow effects from multi-particle cumulants in small collision systems by leveraging scaling and dipolar flow estimators, thereby enabling the systematic quantification of collective flow at particle multiplicities previously inaccessible due to uncontrolled nonflow residuals.
This paper proposes using the reconstructed invariant mass of kaons and half the deuteron four-momentum () as a direct experimental observable to distinguish between nucleon coalescence and statistical thermal models in deuteron production at the LHC, demonstrating that a resonance peak emerges only in the coalescence scenario.