![]() ![]() ![]() Many nuclear reactions powering the explosions remain unstudied. The material amasses on the neutron star surface until it ignites in repeated explosions that create new chemical elements. One element can turn into another when protons or neutrons are captured, exchanged or expelled.Ī neutron star has an immense gravitational pull that can capture hydrogen and helium from a nearby star. The process of nucleosynthesis creates new atomic nuclei. The team uses a unique gas jet target system, which produces the world’s highest-density helium jet for accelerator experiments, to understand nuclear reactions that proceed with the same physics on Earth as in outer space. Chipps heads the Jet Experiments in Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics, or JENSA, which has collaborators from nine institutions in three countries. ![]()
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