Tag: PUMA
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PUMA – Antiprotons as a precision probe for the tail of nuclear density
PUMA – Antiprotons as a precision probe for the tail of nuclear density Understanding the nuclear structure of atomic nuclei away from the valley of stability remains one of the central challenges of nuclear physics and astrophysics. In particular, the dilute outer regions of neutron-rich nuclei can exhibit phenomena such as neutron halos and neutron
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Moving antimatter beyond the lab
Moving antimatter beyond the lab For decades, antimatter experiments have been bound to a single place: the laboratory in which the particles are produced and trapped. At CERN’s Antimatter Factory, antiprotons are routinely produced, decelerated and confined in Penning traps, where electric and magnetic fields are used to store charged particles for high-precision studies. Yet
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PUMA: antiprotons to probe the surface of radioactive nuclei
PUMA: antiprotons to probe the surface of radioactive nuclei Antiprotons as a probe to study short-lived isotopes remain unexploited despite past pioneering works with stable nuclei. In particular, low-energy antiprotons offer a unique prospect in terms of sensitivity to the neutron and proton densities at the annihilation site, i.e. in the tail of the nuclear