Mirror Nuclei GIF (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Mirror Nuclei GIF

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Diagram showing a high-energy electron scattering from a correlated nucleon in the mirror nuclei tritium (left) and helium-3 (right). The electron exchanges a virtual photon with one of the two correlated nucleons, knocking it out of the nucleus and allowing its energetic partner to escape. Both nuclei n-p pairs, while tritium (helium-3) has one n-n (p-p) pair.

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Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab

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