Nuclear reactions as a research area encompass the experimental and theoretical study of processes in which atomic nuclei interact and transform, including fusion, fission, scattering, and transfer reactions. This field investigates reaction mechanisms, cross sections, energy spectra, and angular distributions, as well as the structure and stability of nuclei formed or probed in these processes. Research involves accelerator-based experiments, detector development, reaction modeling, and applications to nuclear astrophysics, reactor physics, nuclear data evaluation, and isotope production. It also includes the development and benchmarking of reaction theories such as optical models, direct reaction formalisms, and compound nucleus approaches.
The Joint European Torus (JET), one of the world's largest and most powerful fusion machines, has demonstrated the ability to reliably generate fusion energy, while simultaneously setting a world record in energy output.
Plasma Physics
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Five independent teams of researchers have reviewed the work and claims made by a group at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) who announced in December 2022 that they had achieved the first laser-powered fusion reaction ...
The possible emission rate of particle-stable tetraneutron, a four-neutron system whose existence has been long debated within the scientific community, has been investigated by researchers from Tokyo Tech. They looked into ...
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