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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 study demonstrates that future high-precision radius measurements of neutron stars will significantly constrain the hadron-quark phase transition density and related equation of state parameters through Bayesian analysis, yet will remain largely insensitive to the stiffness of quark matter regardless of measurement accuracy.
This paper utilizes an effective theory of dynamic critical phenomena to demonstrate that the photon emission rate near the QCD critical point diverges with the correlation length and follows a universal spectrum, reflecting the nonequilibrium properties of the near-critical liquid.
This paper applies a tractable -matrix model to investigate the nuclear reaction processes, fusion rates, and sticking probabilities of the muonic molecule, specifically analyzing -wave fusion channels and charge symmetry violations in light of recently reported discrepancies in -wave astrophysical factors.
This paper validates a time-dependent coupled-cluster theory approach for computing nuclear response functions by demonstrating its accuracy against static frameworks and revealing collective dipole resonances and chaotic behavior in light nuclei under strong electric fields.
This paper evaluates the applicability of the newly developed DCM-QGSM-SMM model at lower energies (starting from 300 MeV/nucleon) by comparing its predictions against FRAGM and FIRST/GSI experimental data and other existing models.
Using CMS data from PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV, this study measures the azimuthal anisotropy of prompt D mesons and finds their flow coefficients to be consistent with those of D mesons, indicating that the strangeness content does not significantly alter the mesons' interaction with the quark-gluon plasma within the measured transverse momentum range.
Using the CLAS12 detector at Jefferson Lab, researchers reported the first measurement of beam spin asymmetries for dihadrons in semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering, employing a machine learning-based photon classifier to significantly enhance statistics and revealing a nonzero asymmetry sensitive to the twist-3 quark-gluon correlation PDF as well as the first experimental evidence for the isospin dependence of the helicity-dependent dihadron fragmentation function .
Using the self-consistent Skyrme Hartree-Fock in the continuum method, this study calculates the proton elastic scattering excitation function from Be to successfully reproduce and interpret the narrow near-threshold resonance in B as an single-proton state, thereby supporting recent experimental findings at the NSCL.
This paper employs a spherical Skyrme-force Hartree-Fock BCS quasi-particle random phase approximation to map the landscape of nuclear deformation softness across the nuclide chart, diagnosing ground-state instabilities and calculating multipole polarizability to reveal the interplay between intrinsic nuclear shapes, shell structure, and low-lying collective dynamics.
This paper presents a comparative simulation study using Geant4 and FLUKA to benchmark and optimize a 30 MeV proton-induced beryllium neutron source, evaluating neutron fluence, gamma dose, and moderation effects to guide the design of a modular irradiation station for thermal neutron fields.