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Is there anything to prevent paired-up neutrons from a complete overlap
The reason "neutrons don't overlap", as DarenW explained it, has to do with intricate forces at play that take into account the spins, iso-spins and symmetry of the wavefunctions.
However, assume I ...
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Spin and Parity of $^{17}_8 O$ excited states
$^{17}_8 O$ quoted here has a spin of 5/2 and parity of +1 for the ground state, I agree with this, the unpaired neutron is in the $1d_{1/2}$ state so l = 2, spin = 5/2.
Now I want to figure out the ...
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In a neutron star - what force keeps the neutrons from getting closer and closer? [duplicate]
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Why do neutrons repel each other?
What I mean is that the neutrons are attracted to one another via gravity, so what force keeps them from collapsing to form a "neutron ...
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Why do neutrons repel each other?
I can understand why 2 protons will repel each other, because they're both positive. But there isn't a neutral charge is there? So why do neutrons repel (do they even or Have I been misinformed?)
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