The study of atomic collisions and the associated cross sections remains a cornerstone of both theoretical and applied physics. These interactions provide critical insights into fundamental processes ...

The new CMS study examined collisions between oxygen nuclei, which are much smaller than lead nuclei. Oxygen contains just 16 ...

Rubidium atoms can behave unpredictably during atomic collisions, especially when exposed to specific laser light.

Exploiting the hyperfine structure in repulsive light-assisted collisions (LAC) on a 87-Rubidium atom pair in an optical tweezer. When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of ...

Quantum physics is a very diverse field: it describes particle collisions shortly after the Big Bang as well as electrons in solid materials or atoms far out in space. But not all quantum objects are ...

The centrality dependence of mean multiplicity ratios from Optical Glauber simulations with various contribution of hard processes (x), and from Optical Trento simulations with various deposition ...

Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell of the South Carolina Highway Patrol reported that the collision occurred at approximately 1:08 p.m. on Atomic Road (S.C. Highway 125) near Old Jackson Highway about two miles ...

NIST/JILA Fellow Jun Ye works on JILA's strontium clock. Ye has been instrumental in making the clock 50 percent more accurate than it was a year ago. Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly ...

When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons they have or even the quantum spin of their nuclei—has a lot to say about how they bounce off each other. This is ...