A lopsided atomic nucleus may help to refine nuclear theory. The stubby pear shape, described today in Nature, may also be pointing towards new tests of particle physics that could reveal why matter ...

An international team of physicists has found the best evidence yet that some heavy nuclei are not spherical or ellipsoidal – but “pear-shaped”. The researchers found clear signs of this lopsidedness ...

A hypernucleus is a bound system of nucleons with one or more strange baryons, called hyperons. Neutron stars can be regarded as the biggest hypernuclei. The presence of hyperons will soften the ...

Scientists have shown that some atomic nuclei can assume the shape of a pear which contributes to our understanding of nuclear structure and the underlying fundamental interactions. Scientists at the ...