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Does the nuclear interaction favour aligned or anti-aligned spins?

My particle physics lecture notes seem to have contradictory statements. Firstly they argue that p-n is stable while p-p and n-n are not because the nuclear interaction favours spin alignment (and by ...
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Parity of the pion, conservation of angular momentum

Here is the problem. The parity of the negative pion was deduced from a reaction of pion with deuteron which results in two neutrons. The deuteron has spin equal to one, pion has zero spin, both had ...
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