New Measurement of the Direct 3α Decay from the 12C Hoyle State
- Submitting institution
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Sheffield Hallam University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2824
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.132502
- Title of journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Article number
- ARTN 132502
- First page
- 132502
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 13
- ISSN
- 1079-7114
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 9 - Physics
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This output should be cross referenced with the Physics UOA. Funded by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council: Grant No. ST/ L005751/1. This experimental research demonstrated that the carbon-12 Hoyle state is unlikely to be a nuclear alpha-condensate, as has been predicted by some theoretical models for two decades. The work was highlighted in APS Physics Viewpoint (https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/103) and in IOP Physics World (https://physicsworld.com/a/experiments-shed-new-light-on-how-life-giving-carbon-is-forged-in-stars/). The lead author of the paper was awarded the “Few-Body Systems Award” in September 2019. The research has led to further STFC nuclear physics consolidated grant funding for SHU and University of Birmingham.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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