The nucleus of beryllium is not a single nucleus
2006/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria
Experiments with beryllium have shown that nuclei of atoms are not always organized in a single space. The nuclei of the Beryllium-10 isotope consist of two alpha particles orbiting around them, as if they were electrons, linking.
Alpha particles are the nuclei of the helium-4 atom, are formed by two protons and neutrons, and are extremely stable. To obtain nuclei of beryllium-10 atoms, researchers have launched nuclei of helium 6 atoms against a cloud of alpha particles. The nucleus of the helium-6 atom consists of two protons and four neutrons that collide with an alpha particle become the nucleus of the beryllium 10 atom.
The research will serve to analyze the formation of heavy elements in the stars, since it is suspected that their nuclei are formed when the minor nuclei collide with the alpha particles.
