Monitor this situation.

Unsubscribe anytime.

[SITUATION] · [QUIET] · [TECHNOLOGY]

2 clusters · 8 sources · 6 days · First seen 18 days ago · Last updated 13 days ago

Quark-gluon plasma recreation via light nuclei

Overview

Physicists have demonstrated that quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter existing shortly after the Big Bang, can be recreated using light nuclei such as oxygen and neon. Previously, scientific consensus suggested that much heavier nuclei, like lead, were required to achieve the extreme temperatures necessary to cause quarks and gluons to behave like a liquid.

Experiments conducted at the Large Hadron Collider and research involving the Niels Bohr Institute show that collisions of smaller atoms can successfully produce this primordial matter. Analysis of particle patterns following these collisions has revealed distinct geometric signatures, such as rounded sprays from oxygen or patterns shaped like bowling pins from neon, which allow researchers to visualize the geometry of atomic nuclei.

Entities

Emil Gorm Dahlbæk Nielsen · Atlas · Physical Review Letters · Niels Bohr Institute · You Zhou

Claims

What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.

[● 3 SOURCES] Researchers have pushed the boundary of how small atomic nuclei can be while still recreating primordial matter. offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · internewscast.com
[● 3 SOURCES] Physicists successfully recreated quark-gluon plasma using oxygen-16 and neon-20 nuclei. offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · internewscast.com
[● 3 SOURCES] The creation of quark-gluon plasma previously required colliding heavy atoms like lead. offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · internewscast.com
[● 3 SOURCES] Oxygen-16 and neon-20 nuclei were collided at nearly the speed of light. offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · internewscast.com
[● 3 SOURCES] Oxygen nucleus collisions resulted in a rounded particle spray pattern. offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · internewscast.com
[● 3 SOURCES] Neon nucleus collisions produced a particle spray shaped like a bowling pin. offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · internewscast.com

Timeline

13 days ago

[TECHNOLOGY] 6 sources
Niels Bohr Institute researchers recreate miniature Big Bang
Physicists at the Niels Bohr Institute recreated quark-gluon plasma by colliding light oxygen and neon nuclei, proving the primordial state can be formed without heavy atoms like lead.
18 days ago

[TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
CERN experiments recreate quark-gluon plasma using light nuclei
Physicists at CERN have found evidence that colliding light nuclei like oxygen and neon can recreate quark-gluon plasma, the primordial state of matter that existed just after the Big Bang.

Sources

aventurasnahistoria.uol.com.br · internewscast.com · kopalniawiedzy.pl · ladiscussione.com · offthepress.com · pulptastic.com · spidersweb.pl · technologyreview.de