For Protons and Neutrons, Things Aren’t the Same Inside Nuclei (IMAGE)

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For Protons and Neutrons, Things Aren’t the Same Inside Nuclei

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Electrons probe the structure of a proton or neutron by way of a virtual photon. This image shows a virtual photon (γ*) interacting with a proton or neutron inside a tritium nucleus, which contains one proton and two neutrons.

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Image courtesy of Christopher Cocuzza, Temple University

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