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Scientists Report First Laser Cooling and Precision Laser Spectroscopy of Stored Relativistic Li-like O⁵⁺ Ions

Researchers at IMP and their collaborators have recently conducted experimental research on laser cooling and precision laser spectroscopy of Li-like oxyge ion beams.Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have recently conducted the first experimental research on laser cooling and pr...

| 30 07, 2024

Researchers Provide New Approach for Developing Engineering Microalgae Strains

Researchers have revealed that heavy-ion beams mutagenesis could affect energy and carbon metabolism in microalgae mutants.In a recent study published in Bioresource Technology, researchers have revealed that heavy-ion beams mutagenesis could affect energy and carbon metabolism in microalgae mutants, providing a new ap...

| 18 07, 2024

Physicists Observe Excited States in Lanthanum-120

For the first time, physicists have observed excited states in the very neutron-deficient odd-odd nucleus, lanthanum-120.For the first time, physicists have observed excited states in the very neutron-deficient odd-odd nucleus, lanthanum-120. The results have been published in Physics Letters B.This study was conduct...

| 05 07, 2024

First Nb₃Sn Superconducting Radio-frequency Electron Accelerator Achieves Stable Acceleration

The world’s first Nb3Sn Superconducting Radio-frequency electron accelerator recently achieved stable beam acceleration.The world’s first Nb3Sn Superconducting Radio-frequency (SRF) electron accelerator recently achieved stable beam acceleration, reaching a maximum energy of 4.6 MeV with an average macro-pulse beam...

| 26 04, 2024

Researchers Develop a Broadband High-resolution Crystal Spectrometer

Researchers at IMP have developed a broadband, high-resolution crystal spectrometer for precision X-ray fine structure measurements of inner-shell multi-vacancy ions.Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a broadband, high-resolution crystal spectrometer for precision X-ray fine structure measureme...

| 18 04, 2024

Physicists Discover New Isotope, Actinium-203

A research team led by Prof. GAN Zaiguo at IMP, together with their collaborators, has recently synthesized a new isotope, actinium-203.The discovery and research of new isotopes at and beyond the proton drip line can provide valuable insights into nuclear structure, furthering our understanding of fundamental nuclear physics. In t...

| 13 03, 2024

Study Provides New Insights into Proton Mass Origins

A recent study led by Prof. CHEN Xurong at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has provided new insights into the origins of proton mass. From an experimental standpoint, the researchers suggested that the influence of heavy quarks on proton mass could be bigger than anticipated. A recent study led by Prof. CHEN Xurong at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has provided new insights into the origins of proton mass. From an experime...

| 28 02, 2024

Scientists Discover Two New Isotopes Osmium-160 and Tungsten-156

Researchers at IMP and their collaborators have recently synthesized two new isotopes osmium-160 and tungsten-156. Their findings shed new light on nuclear structure.Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have recently synthesized two new isotopes osmium-160 and tungsten-156. Their f...

| 19 02, 2024

New Study Predicts Properties of Undiscovered Nuclei and Border of Nuclear Landscape

The researchers plugged in one of these interactions to the Relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov approach to systematically explore the ground state properties of all isotopic chains from oxygen to darmstadtium.With entering the era of new generation radioactive-ion beam facilities, the new facilities permit us to resolve previously challenging experiments in discovering new isotopes, in revealing the imp...

| 02 02, 2024

Researchers Apply No-core Gamow shell Model to Investigate First Excited State of α Particle

Prof. Nicolas Michel from IMP and his collaborators have employed the no-core Gamow shell model to study the structure of the resonance 0+(2) state of helium-4.The α particle, also known as helium-4, consists of two protons and two neutrons. Although it is one of the most extensively studied atomic nuclei, the precise nature of its excited states remains...

| 19 01, 2024

Scientists Report First Laser Cooling and Precision Laser Spectroscopy of Stored Relativistic Li-like O5+ Ions