Quantum physics vs. Laplace's demon
Quantum physics article for "Elements" at Berkeley Lab -illustrated by Jason Torchinsky, written by me!
We Are Berkeley Lab: Jennifer Rittenhouse West
Eureka Alert: DOE Interview with Jennifer Rittenhouse West
Popular science article on my solo 2023 paper on diquark formation across nucleons...roughly 80% of protons & neutrons are in their energy shells, but the rest are in very short-range correlated pairs - why??
My work proposes that quantum fluctuations in spatial separation brings quarks within QCD potential range which they fall into it! Creating an object with anti-color charge aka a diquark - and shows that the binding energy for a specific diquark forming (up + down, spins anti-aligned) is significant.
Popular science article on how the Electron-Ion Collider will be able to access the SPIN of the neutron!! This is much harder than dealing with the proton - darling old hydrogen - and we have a plan for this.
Interested in the publication? Physics Letters B has it: