{"id":198666,"date":"2024-11-01T14:28:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/two-distinct-descriptions-of-nuclei-unified-for-the-first-time"},"modified":"2024-11-01T14:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T19:28:31","slug":"two-distinct-descriptions-of-nuclei-unified-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/two-distinct-descriptions-of-nuclei-unified-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Two distinct descriptions of nuclei unified for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/two-distinct-descriptions-of-nuclei-unified-for-the-first-time.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new study, an international team of physicists has unified two distinct descriptions of atomic nuclei, taking a major step forward in our understanding of nuclear structure and strong interactions. For the first time, the particle physics perspective \u2013 where nuclei are seen as made up of quarks and gluons \u2013 has been combined with the traditional nuclear physics view that treats nuclei as collections of interacting nucleons (protons and neutrons). This innovative hybrid approach provides fresh insights into short-range correlated (SRC) nucleon pairs \u2013 which are fleeting interactions where two nucleons come exceptionally close and engage in strong interactions for mere femtoseconds. Although these interactions play a crucial role in the structure of nuclei, they have been notoriously difficult to describe theoretically.<\/p>\n<p>\\r \\r.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuclei (such as gold and lead) are not just a \u2018bag of non-interacting protons and neutrons\u2019,\u201d explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.physics.smu.edu\/~olness\/www\/index.html\">Fredrick Olness<\/a> at Southern Methodist University in the US, who is part of the international team. \u201cWhen we put 208 protons and neutrons together to make a lead nucleus, they interact via the strong interaction force with their nearest neighbours; specifically, those neighbours within a \u2018short range.\u2019 These short-range interactions\/correlations modify the composition of the nucleus and are a manifestation of the strong interaction force. An improved understanding of these correlations can provide new insights into both the properties of nuclei and the strong interaction force.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new study, an international team of physicists has unified two distinct descriptions of atomic nuclei, taking a major step forward in our understanding of nuclear structure and strong interactions. For the first time, the particle physics perspective \u2013 where nuclei are seen as made up of quarks and gluons \u2013 has been combined [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}