“Mirror” Nuclei Help Connect Nuclear Theory and Neutron Stars (IMAGE)
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Charge radii differences in mirror nuclei, which have opposite numbers of protons and neutrons, can help constrain parameters for the equation of state nuclear matter, which describes the properties of astrophysical objects such as neutron stars.
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