Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts.

While direct experimental access to neutron star matter is impossible, the fundamental interactions governing this matter are the same as those that govern atomic nuclei on Earth. Researchers are ...

Axions, hypothetical subatomic particles that were first proposed by theoretical physicists in the late 1970s, remain among ...

The current theory of strong interactions (quantum chromodynamics QCD ... so it is possible that neutron stars harbor quark matter in their inner cores. Studying the properties of neutron stars and ...

Physicists propose that high-energy photon jets from collapsing stars may be secret factories of heavy elements like ...

In the case of quark matter, this allows the system to be described at the densities and temperatures present in neutron star collisions, where the interactions of quantum chromodynamics (QCD ...

Existing atomic nuclei may also be dissolved into individual nucleons, creating more free neutrons to power the r process. The team's calculations suggest the interaction with light and matter can ...

2016.12.004, CC BY 4.0) SANS relies on the interaction between neutrons and the nuclei of the atoms in the ... surfactants, and other soft matter systems. It can reveal information about the ...