SMRTR Science & EngineeringAug 11, 2025Science Daily

From lead to gold in a flash at the Large Hadron Collider

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Lead was briefly transformed into gold at the Large Hadron Collider during rare "ultra-peripheral collisions," where photons from accelerated ions caused lead to lose three protons, as detected by University of Kansas researchers.

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