Blog of the Isotopes

All about nuclear physics - research, news and comment. The author is Prof Paul Stevenson - a researcher in nuclear physics in the UK. Sometimes the posts are a little tangential to nuclear physics.

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Music from Norway

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I was in Norway last week and I forgot to post some examples of my favourite music from Norway, so I am remedying that now. I'll put t...

Friday, 22 May 2015

Oslo workshop – Day 5

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It's day 5 at the Oslo gamma strength workshop. I've learnt quite a lot – particularly about how rich the data is from a wide r...

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

The Oslo Method

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I'm in Oslo this week for a workshop on gamma–ray strength and level density -- essentially the study of how strongly nuclei respond...

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Bricks and mortar

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One thing that readers in the UK will have probably noticed is that there is a general election next week. Science has not been a parti...

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

A lot of beta decay

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Working where I do -- in a nuclear physics research group that is one of the largest in the UK -- we get a pretty good programme of visi...

Monday, 20 April 2015

Big in Japan

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Following a trip to see a student on placement at the University of Massachusetts last week , I'm now in Japan seeing another one (...

Thursday, 16 April 2015

Swatting the Fly in the Cathedral

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I've just finished my visit to UMass Lowell, where the Surrey student on placement is getting on very well. The group who have kind...

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