SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 29, 2026Interesting Engineering

How ALICE reverse-engineered the formation of light nuclei

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CERN researchers discovered that 89% of deuterons in proton collisions form after the initial impact when temperatures cool, not during the violent collision itself. This finding reduces predicted background levels in cosmic ray and dark matter detection models.

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