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Re:ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC by _alternator_ on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:01PM (#43938308)
Sorta buried in there, but they do note that this is not the first time the transmutation of lead to gold has been accomplished, just the first time it’s been accomplished as near misses in a particle accelerator.
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Re:ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC by cschmid on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:14PM (#43938448)
Well technically, the starting points were always other elements like bismuth, and not lead. I believe the authors checked, and noted that in the paper: https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.111.0... )
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Re:ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC by pfdietz on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:19PM (#43938511)
Spallation on a lead target will produce a wide range of elements, including gold.
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