Errors are everywhere, and everything is uncertain. We must understand and estimate how these affect physics, but how do we do it best?
Nuclear Physics
Five new nuclei from Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Nuclei that barely hold together and stretch our understanding of nuclear matter? Go on then.
Introducing Letters from the Journal of Physics
Just one of the things we’re doing to make sure great science can get to the right people.
Weighty matters: Sigurd Hofmann on the heaviest of nuclei
We talk to a superheavyweight in the field of superheavy nuclei.
Image of the week: the thrill of the chase
It’s not easy being a neutrino physicist.
Quark Matter 2015: 10 days to Kobe
Find out more about the event of the year in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions.
Image of the week: nuclear binding energies
Synthesis and decay of superheavy nuclei is the subject of our image of the week this week. Nuclear mass measurements and predictions are of great importance, but it turns out the theory is rather complex. As the main decay route… Read More ›
CIPANP 2015: Intersecting nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics
At the point where different fields interact we often see the most ingenious of ideas, and the most incredible breakthroughs. The CIPANP conference and JPhysG both aim to support researchers working at these intersections.
The JPhysG Publisher’s pick: pick of the picks
Every month the JPhysG Publisher chooses the pick of the month. After two years of selections, we take a look back at some of the top work published in the journal.
IOP Manchester: LEGO, a short circuit, and creative students
The joint group meeting of the IOP’s particle, nuclear and astrophysics sections took place this week at the University of Manchester, UK. I was lucky enough to be in the crux of things as the conference developed.
Manchester, UK: the IOP particle, astroparticle, and nuclear physics group meeting
Manchester will soon be host to a gaggle of nuclear, particle and astro- physicists for the 2015 IOP group meeting. The city’s famous ‘Curry Mile’ had best be well stocked.
Image of the week: a potential energy pizza
No pepperoni or cheese here – these pizzas illustrate the shape evolution of nuclei from the spherical to the prolate.
February’s LabTalks in JPhysG: cosmic rays and nuclear reactions
Find out about the Yangbajing Air shower Core detector array (YAC), how the ‘neck’ region isn’t just on your shoulders, and what is a K coordinate? JPhysG authors explain what their latest work is about.
Scientific theory vs the experimental method
How can we enhance our understanding the way theory couples to experimental work and the uncertainties which arise? Guest Editors David Ireland and Witek Nazarewicz provide a helping hand in a new JPhysG focus issue.
QNP 2015: Quarks and Nuclear Physics
This week in sunny Valparaíso, Chile, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María hosts the 7th international conference on Quarks and Nuclear Physics.
Image of the week: the very first edition
Some people think that science is all equations and hard work. A lot of it is (!) but along with that comes great beauty, and every single week we’re going to prove it.
