A recently formulated triaxial rotor model was used to extract empirical moments of inertia of atomic nuclei from nuclear structure measurements.
The recently discovered element 117 was officially named "tennessine" in Nov. 2016 in recognition of Tennessee’s contributions to its discovery.
Computing the physics that links nuclear structure, element formation, and the life and death of stars.
Measuring the yield of radioactive decays of 18F nuclei that are produced in nova explosions and ejected into space can help diagnose the mechanism of these violent outbursts, making this a priority of billion-dollar gamma-ray astronomy observatories.
Recent study reveals double-magic nature of radioactive 132Sn and stable 208Pb through lifetime and cross-section measurements of single-neutron states in adjacent nuclei.