alt Hacker NewsI'm confused. The article is about how various excited states of tin are generated. But tin is atomic number 50, platinum and gold are 78 and 79 respectively. Can someone draw a line between these?
I'm confused. The article is about how various excited states of tin are generated. But tin is atomic number 50, platinum and gold are 78 and 79 respectively. Can someone draw a line between these?
It's about refining theoreticals models that are used to predict nucleosynthesis of heavier elements. The researchers used indium because we can obtain the required neutron-heavy isotopes for indium but not for heavier elements such as gold or platinum. But improving the model with data from indium, they say, makes it more accurate for gold as well?
Why then gold in the title? Probably just because it's shiny.