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Nucleus Nucleons p n Nuclear matter Nuclear force Nuclear structure Nuclear reaction
Models of the nucleus Liquid drop Nuclear shell model Interacting boson model Ab initio
Nuclides' classification Isotopes – equal Z Isobars – equal A Isotones – equal N Isodiaphers – equal N − Z Isomers – equal all the above Mirror nuclei – Z ↔ N Stable Magic Even/odd Halo Borromean
Nuclear stability Binding energy p–n ratio Drip line Island of stability Valley of stability Stable nuclide
Radioactive decay Alpha α Beta β 2β 0v β⁺ K/L capture Isomeric Gamma γ Internal conversion Spontaneous fission Cluster decay Neutron emission Proton emission Decay energy Decay chain Decay product Radiogenic nuclide
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Capturing processes electron 2× neutron s r proton p rp
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In nuclear physics, a Borromean nucleus is an atomic nucleus comprising three bound components in which any subsystem of two components is unbound.^[1] This has the consequence that if one component is removed, the remaining two comprise an unbound resonance, so that the original nucleus is split into three parts.^[2]

The name is derived from the Borromean rings, a system of three linked rings in which no pair of rings is linked.^[2]

^ Id Betan, R. M. (2017). "Cooper pairs in the Borromean nuclei ⁶He and ¹¹Li using continuum single particle level density". Nuclear Physics A. 959: 147–148. arXiv:1701.08099. Bibcode:2017NuPhA.959..147I. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2017.01.004. S2CID 119243017.
^ ^a ^b Manton, N.; Mee, N. (2017). "Nuclear Physics". The Physical World: An Inspirational Tour of Fundamental Physics. Oxford University Press. pp. 387–389. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198795933.003.0012. ISBN 978-0-19-879611-4. LCCN 2017934959.