Resolved: A Long-Debated Anomaly in How Nuclei Spin (IMAGE)
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(a) The moment of inertia is smaller for prolate shapes and larger for oblate shapes. (b) Nuclei combine several such shapes. (c) A snapshot of the neon-20 nucleus from simulations. Studying the shape can help explain the physics of fast-rotating nuclei.
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Image courtesy of KD Launey. Image (a) adapted from the open-source OpenStax physics textbook.
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Image courtesy of KD Launey. Image (a) adapted from the open-source OpenStax physics textbook.
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