Researchers Develop a Novel Method to Study Nuclear Reactions on Short-Lived Isotopes Involved in Explosions of Stars (IMAGE)

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Researchers Develop a Novel Method to Study Nuclear Reactions on Short-Lived Isotopes Involved in Explosions of Stars

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Visualization of a (deuteron, helium-2) reaction on an oxygen-14 nucleus. The Active-Target Time Projection Chamber observes tracks from two protons resulting from the decay of helium-2 while the S800 magnetic spectrometer detects nitrogen-14.

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Figure courtesy of Remco Zegers (FRIB)

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Figure courtesy of Remco Zegers (FRIB)

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