‘Stretched’ nuclear states under the magnifying glass at the Krakow cyclotron

All chemical elements were formed in the process of evolution of the universe dominated by light atomic nuclei. The properties of these nuclei are therefore of crucial importance not only in astrophysics, but also in relation to our everyday life. Our knowledge of light atomic nuclei has just been expanded thanks to accelerator studies conducted in Krakow on the specific excited states of carbon-13 nuclei.