A research team at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is the first ever to observe a beta-delayed neutron emission ...
Conventional (two-neutrino) double-β decay is not particularly remarkable — it is a process whereby the nuclei of certain isotopes decay and emit two electrons and two neutrinos (Fig. 1a). However, ...
Two decades in the making, a new flagship facility for nuclear physics opened on May 2, and scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have a hand in 10 of its first 34 ...