We look back at the articles which were most popular with our readers in the last 12 months.
Nuclear structure
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What is nuclear astrophysics?
Professor Hendrik Schatz talks to us about the field that shapes the understanding of everything we see in the night sky and the planet we live on.
Stabilization of 8Be in plasma
The static screening effect in a plasma of charged particles prolongs the lifetime of 8Be
Image of the week: Patterson patterns
Probing the nucleon with the electron scattering technique is one of the best ways to understand nuclear structure, and understanding this process gives rise to our image of the week. Authors M Karliner, C King and N S Manton from Tel Aviv University… Read More ›
Looking through the crystal ball at nuclear structure physics
Nuclei are at the core of everything in day to day life. Understanding how they work and interact is a fundamental science vital to applications in the real world as well as pure research.
A focus on shape coexistence in nuclei
A classic way to think of an atomic nucleus is as a sphere; but this isn’t quite right. Many are deformed, and are stranger than you think.
Alfred Mueller on atomic physics
Read an interview with an expert who’s bridging the gap between atomic and nuclear physics.
Most downloaded papers of 2015
Looking at some of the most downloaded content across the JPhys series of journals.
A chat with a certain Witek Nazarewicz on uncertainty quantification
Errors are everywhere, and everything is uncertain. We must understand and estimate how these affect physics, but how do we do it best?
Five new nuclei from Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Nuclei that barely hold together and stretch our understanding of nuclear matter? Go on then.
Weighty matters: Sigurd Hofmann on the heaviest of nuclei
We talk to a superheavyweight in the field of superheavy nuclei.
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 ›
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.
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.
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