Observation of a correlated free four-neutron system.
Journal
Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
received:
04
08
2021
accepted:
28
04
2022
entrez:
22
6
2022
pubmed:
23
6
2022
medline:
25
6
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A long-standing question in nuclear physics is whether chargeless nuclear systems can exist. To our knowledge, only neutron stars represent near-pure neutron systems, where neutrons are squeezed together by the gravitational force to very high densities. The experimental search for isolated multi-neutron systems has been an ongoing quest for several decades
Identifiants
pubmed: 35732764
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04827-6
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-04827-6
pmc: PMC9217746
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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© 2022. The Author(s).
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