Discovering Evidence of Superradience in the Alpha Decay of Mirror Nuclei (IMAGE)
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Mirror nuclei, such as 18O & 18Ne, have the same number of protons & neutrons (18),but while 18O has 8 protons & 10 neutrons 18Ne has 10 protons & 8 neutrons. When they absorb enough energy, they can decay & emit an alpha particle (2 protons & 2 neutrons)
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