New posts in Nuclear Physics

What exactly does the weak force do?

How well does the strong nuclear forces cancel out over large distances?

If a neutron decays to proton + electron, and a proton can decay into neutron + positron, doesn't this mean neutron = neutron + electron + positron?

Why does the sun have the Fe?

What is Binding energy, actually?

Why doesn't the nuclear fusion in a star make it explode?

Fundamentally, why do some nuclei emit ionizing radiation?

What happens to matter when it is converted into energy?

Would a uranium 235 fuel pellet the size of Earth explode?

Why doesn't the nucleus have "nucleus-probability cloud"?