The SciencesApril 1, 2016
A Puzzle Lies at the Heart of the Atom
Two precision experiments disagree on how long neutrons live before decaying. Does the discrepancy reflect measurement errors or point to some deeper mystery?
Stories by Geoffrey L. Greene
Geoffrey L. Greene is a professor of physics at the University of Tennessee, with a joint appointment at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Spallation Neutron Source. He has been studying the properties of the neutron for more than 40 years.