Observations of the formation of light-nuclei from high-energy collisions may help in the hunt for dark matter Particle collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) can reach temperatures over one hundred thousand times hotter than at the centre of the Sun. Yet, somehow, light atomic nuclei and...
Near-miss collisions between high-energy lead nuclei at the LHC generate intense electromagnetic fields that can knock out protons and transform lead into fleeting quantities of gold nuclei Geneva, 8th May 2025. In a paper published in Physical Review Journals, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of...