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Maximal entanglement sheds new light on particle creation

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have shown that particles produced in collimated sprays called jets retain information about their origins in subatomic particle smashups.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Study tracks chromium chemistry in irradiated molten salts

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Chemists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory report that radiation-induced chemical reactions may help mitigate the corrosion of metals in a new type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten salts.

Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) enters 25th and final run

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility for nuclear physics research at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, entered its 25^th and final year of operations, smashing together the nuclei of gold atoms traveling close to the speed of light.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Peeling back the layers: Exploring capping effects on nickelate superconductivity

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) used cutting-edge X-ray techniques to gain new insights into “infinite-layer” nickelate materials.

Journal: Physical Review Letters