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Trying to understand how nucleon number relates to spin of nucleus
I keep reading that
Nuclei with even number of protons and of neutrons have a net spin of zero.
This I understand, as to have the lowest energy state, by the Pauli exclusion principle, all protons ...
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Why does a spinning nucleon generate a magnetic field?
I am trying to understand how NMR works, but I am not sure why a spinning nucleon produces a magnetic field. Is this a consequence of the quark structure inside?
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Nuclear Spin of Sodium 23
I am actually calculating the nuclear spin of Sodium 23. Here we have 11 protons and 12 neutrons. Now both the nuclei are short of the magic numbers. When I use the shell model for protons and ...
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