α-particle is Beaten Out (IMAGE)

Lomonosov Moscow State University

α-particle is Beaten Out

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As a result of a collision in the experiment α-particle was beaten out of 8He nuclei, leaving a system of 4 neutron (tetraneutron).

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Andrey Shirokov

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