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Originally Posted by IROC
The "spallation products" are varied to say the least. We were having an issue with some weird isotope of Iodine today. Our higher beam powers are having an effect on our operations. The fun thing is that no one else in the history of man is doing what we are doing, so we are seeing things that no one has seen before. Very cool stuff.
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What can come out of an atomic nucleus other than a neutron or proton (at your energies)? How do your energies (and energy density) compare to the LHC? I would think a proton would be the most likely thing to fly out, rather than a neutron, as they are struggling to fly apart anyways. I would truly like to see the battle inside of a nucleus in action, as photons (carriers of the EM force) try to push the protons apart while gluons (carriers of the strong force) fight to keep them in close proximity. We picture a nucleus like a bunch of marbles glued together, but somehow I don't think that is accurate.