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MINIBALL is a gamma-ray spectrometer located on the first beam line of the
HIE-ISOLDE facility at CERN.
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ISOLDE spots another pear-shaped nucleus
An experiment performed at CERN’s ISOLDE facility shows that the nucleus of the isotope radium-222 is pear-shaped Most nuclei are round or the shape of a rugby ball. But nuclear-physics theories predict that certain nuclei may have a more exotic pear shape, with more mass at one end than the other. Back in 2013, a…
