Sentences with phrase «puzzled nuclear physicists»

Not exact matches

Nuclear physicist Evangeline Downie hadn't planned to study one of the thorniest puzzles of the proton.

The ability to accurately determine the rate of this H - 17O fusion reaction provides nuclear physicists with another key puzzle piece, alongside direct observations of oxygen elemental and isotopic abundances in stellar atmospheres and in primitive meteorites, to zero in on complete and accurate models of stars.

Results from a new study involving Berkeley Lab scientists could explain a mismatch between predictions and recent measurements of ghostly particles streaming from nuclear reactors — the so - called «reactor antineutrino anomaly» that has puzzled physicists since 2011.