deuteron

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the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators

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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron. Walter Kohn

Approximated wavefunction of the deuteron The deuteron wavefunction must be antisymmetric if the isospin representation is used (since a proton and a neutron are not identical particles, the wavefunction need not be antisymmetric in general). Source: Internet

In the first case the deuteron is a spin triplet, so that its total spin s is 1. It also has an even parity and therefore even orbital angular momentum l ; The lower its orbital angular momentum, the lower its energy. Source: Internet

The alternative routes to 238 Pu use the (n,γ) reaction of 237 Np, or the deuteron bombardment of uranium, which both always produce 236 Pu as an undesired by-product — since the latter decays to 232 U with strong gamma emission. Source: Internet

The deuteron, being an isospin singlet, is antisymmetric under nucleons exchange due to isospin, and therefore must be symmetric under the double exchange of their spin and location. Source: Internet

The ion produced by removing the electron from a deuterium atom is known as a deuteron, not a proton. Source: Internet

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