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Study Offers New Insights into First-principles Calculations of Hadron Structure

Researchers have theoretically explored the influence mechanism of quark-gluon interactions on the parton distribution functions within hadrons, providing new insights into first-principles calculations of hadron structure.Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and their collaborators from the Brazilian Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica and Iowa State University ...

| 19 06, 2025

Physicists Provide Benchmark Data of Sodium-like Iron Ions for Astrophysical Modeling

Researchers from IMP and their collaborators have measured absolute rate coefficients for dielectronic recombination of sodium-like iron Ions, providing a benchmark data set for astrophysical modeling.Iron is one of the most abundant heavy elements in the universe. Its spectral features stand out in many astronomical spectra, especially in those of stars and galaxies. As a dominant emitter in ma...

| 20 06, 2025

Chinese Researcher SUN Liangting Receives Nishikawa Tetsuji Prize

Prof. SUN Liangting, a researcher from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Nishikawa Tetsuji Prize at the 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC).Prof. SUN Liangting, a researcher from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Nishikawa Tetsuji Prize at the 16th International Particle Accelerat...

| 09 06, 2025

Scientists Discover New, Extremely Neutron-Deficient Isotope Protactinium-210

Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope—protactinium-210—for the first time. It is the most neutron-deficient isotope of protactinium synthesized to date.Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have synthesized a new isotope—protactinium-210—for the first time. It is the mos...

| 06 06, 2025

Researchers Propose New Method to Probe Hyperon Potential

A research team led by Prof. YONG Gaochan from IMP has proposed a novel experimental method to probe the hyperon potential, offering new insights into resolving the longstanding "hyperon puzzle" in neutron stars.A research team led by Prof. YONG Gaochan from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has proposed a novel experimental method to probe the hyperon potential, off...

| 03 06, 2025

Researchers Develop Digital Detector Array for Decay Studies of Exotic Nuclei

Researchers have recently developed a novel high-performance digital detector array for investigating exotic nuclei, which demonstrates unique advantages in accurately measuring decay properties of exotic nuclei.Researchers from the State Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Science and Technology, the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have recently develop...

| 30 04, 2025

Scientists Propose New Method to Study Evolution of Matter in Early Universe

Researchers from IMP have proposed a key indicator that may reveal the emergence of quark-gluon plasma by analyzing particle "fingerprints" generated in heavy-ion collisions.Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a key indicator that may reveal the emergence of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) by analyzing ...

| 21 04, 2025

New Data Shed Light on Impact of Charged Ions from Coronal Mass Ejections

A new study has provided precise atomic data that sheds light on the impact of charged ions from Coronal Mass Ejections.A new study has provided precise atomic data that sheds light on the impact of charged ions from Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series on March 18,...

| 26 03, 2025

New Study Uncovers Key Mechanism Behind Superior Biological Effects of Heavy-ion Cancer Therapy

A new study has uncovered a key mechanism involving Intermolecular Coulombic Decay (ICD) in aqueous environments initiated by heavy-ion irradiation.Heavy-ion therapy, one of the most advanced radiotherapy techniques, has proven to be more effective than conventional X-rays and proton radiation. However, the mechanisms behind this superior biol...

| 14 03, 2025

Precision Mass Measurements of Atomic Nuclei Reveal Proton Halo Structure

Researchers at IMP have achieved the first precise mass measurements of several exotic atomic nuclei. Using this mass data, they have determined the proton dripline for aluminum, phosphorus, sulfur, and argon elements, and proposed a new approach to uncover proton halo structures.Researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with their collaborators, have achieved the first precise mass measurements of several exotic...

| 03 12, 2024