isospin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	isobaric spin • isotopic spin

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Figure 12: The energy levels of three nuclei with A = 6, relative to the ground state of 6Li after subtraction of the calculated electrostatic energy. The isospin T = 1 levels exist in all three nuclei.

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subatomic particle CP violation symmetry quantum field theory Pauli exclusion principle wave-particle duality flavour quark Higgs boson lepton weakly interacting massive particle

Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.

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