"Peering into the Heart of an Atom: Deep-Space Astronomy Sensor's Breakthrough"
Scientists repurpose a Compton camera, originally designed for deep-space astronomy, to investigate the internal structure and changes within unstable atomic nuclei. By measuring the polarization of high-energy gamma rays emitted from atomic nuclei, the camera reveals insights into nuclear structure and phenomena associated with unstable atomic nuclei. The camera's high-detection efficiency and precise accuracy make it well-suited for nuclear spectroscopy, as demonstrated in experiments at the RIKEN research institute. This research opens up possibilities for using space instruments to investigate atomic nuclei and is published in the journal Scientific Reports.
