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ARTICLE AD BOX
Gold cannot form until certain unstable atomic nuclei break apart. Exactly how those nuclear transformations unfold has long been difficult to determine. Now, nuclear physicists at the University of Tennessee (UT) report three discoveries in a single study that clarify important parts of this process. Their findings could help researchers build improved models of the stellar events that create heavy elements and better predict the behavior of exotic atomic nuclei.
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