Calcium-48's 'Neutron Skin' Thinner Than Previously Thought

Monday, November 2, 2015 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory computed distributions in calcium-48, and revealed that the difference between the radii of neutron and proton distributions (called the "neutron skin") is considerably smaller than previously thought.

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