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compound nucleus: a standalone construct

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Nuclear physics

hypothesis that a captured projectile shares its energy among all nucleons, forming an intermediate state whose decay is independent of how it formed.

In nuclear physics, compound nucleus refers to hypothesis that a captured projectile shares its energy among all nucleons, forming an intermediate state whose decay is independent of how it formed. This meaning comes from Bohr (1936) in Nature.[1]

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References

Bohr, N. (1936). Neutron Capture and Nuclear Constitution. Nature, 137(3461), 344-348. https://doi.org/10.1038/137344a0

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