Physicists develop a universal mathematical description that suggests that proton-neutron pairs in a nucleus may explain why their associated quarks have lower average momenta than predicted.
Pressure in the middle of a proton is about 10 times higher than in a neutron star.
The newly upgraded CEBAF Accelerator opens door to strong force studies.
Calculations of a subatomic particle called the sigma provide insight into the communication between subatomic particles deep inside the heart of matter.
Researchers demonstrate a new technique for producing polarized positrons that could improve manufacturing and lead to new discoveries.
First mixed matter/anti-matter probe aims to solve decade-old proton puzzle.
The proton's primary building blocks, up and down quarks, are produced more often than strange quarks in scattering experiments.
First description of common particle’s properties provides insights into the nature of the universe.
New research could change our view of neutron stars and other systems with neutron-rich nuclei.
The recently upgraded CEBAF accelerator delivers its highest-energy electron beams into a new experimental complex for the first time.
Scientists make the first experimental determination of the weak charge of the proton and extract the weak charges of the neutron and up and down quarks.
The optimization of commercial hardware and specialized software enables cost-effective supercomputing.
