Author(s): M. B. Bennett, C. Wrede, B. A. Brown, S. N. Liddick, D. Pérez-Loureiro, D. W. Bardayan, A. A. Chen, K. A. Chipps, C. Fry, B. E. Glassman, C. Langer, N. R. Larson, E. I. McNeice, Z. Meisel, W. Ong, P. D. O’Malley, S. D. Pain, C. J. Prokop, H. Schatz, S. B. Schwartz, S. Suchyta, P. Thompson, M. Walters, and X. Xu
A short-lived nuclear state that boosts the destruction rate of phosphorus-30 via proton capture has been discovered. This nuclear reaction is critical to determining the origins of microscopic rocks found inside of meteorites that predate our solar system.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 102502] Published Tue Mar 08, 2016