555 papers
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 extends the level scheme of 8B up to 10 MeV by analyzing invariant-mass data from 9C and 13O beam experiments, identifying new levels and decay pathways, and demonstrating strong correspondence between these experimental findings and ab initio symmetry-adapted no-core shell model predictions for positive parity states below 8.4 MeV.
The 2026 update for the COHERENT experiment outlines its strategy to achieve percent-level precision in measuring coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and other neutrino-nucleus cross sections by scaling up detector masses, lowering thresholds, and utilizing diverse nuclear targets at the Spallation Neutron Source to test the Standard Model and support future supernova neutrino detection efforts.
This paper proposes parameter-free combinations of particle and anti-particle yields to test thermal models and extract freeze-out chemical potentials () from RHIC BES data, successfully validating these methods against known results while extending predictions to unmeasured (anti-)nuclei yields and providing updated parametrizations for the energy dependence of freeze-out parameters.
This study investigates the temperature dependence of electron-drift anisotropy in n-type germanium detectors, revealing that standard drift models yield unphysical predictions and proposing a modified model that better aligns with experimental data obtained from surface scans at varying temperatures.
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 study characterizes and optimizes fast secondary neutron yields at the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) facility through foil activation experiments and FLUKA simulations, demonstrating that a tungsten degrader configuration near the proton target can significantly enhance neutron flux for potential isotope production applications.
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.