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Nuclear physics

Helium-8 nucleus has unexpected rugby-ball shape

12 Dec 2021
IRIS at TRIUMF
Nuclear lab: the IRIS spectroscopy station in TRIUMF’s ISAC-II facility. (Courtesy: TRIUMF)
An unexpected deformation has been discovered in the helium-8 nucleus by an international team led b

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