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Nuclear shapes revealed in high-energy collisions

19 Nov 2024
RHIC collisions
Heavy collisions Artist’s impression charged particle tracks streaming from a collision of two uranium nuclei overlaid on a sketch of the STAR detector at RHIC. The incoming uranium nuclei are shown contracted along the beam direction to illustrate that they are travelling close to the speed of light. (Courtesy: Chunjian Zhang/Fudan University and Jiangyong Jia/Stony Brook University)
In a groundbreaking study, scientists in the STAR Collaboration have unveiled a pioneering method fo

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