Adam Freese, a postdoctoral fellow at Jefferson Lab, is looking at stress in a new light. Calculating the stresses a proton experiences in an atom of hydrogen offers a path for physicists to learn more about the forces holding together atomic nuclei. His work could also help physicists gain insight into the proton, one of the subatomic particles that make up the nuclei of atoms of ordinary matter.A Sharper Image of Subatomic Stress
September 11, 2025
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Adam Freese, a postdoctoral fellow at Jefferson Lab, is looking at stress in a new light. Calculating the stresses a proton experiences in an atom of hydrogen offers a path for physicists to learn more about the forces holding together atomic nuclei. His work could also help physicists gain insight into the proton, one of the subatomic particles that make up the nuclei of atoms of ordinary matter.
