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    Angular momentum generation in nuclear fission

    When a heavy atomic nucleus splits (fission), the resulting fragments are observed to emerge spinning1; this phenomenon has been a mystery in nuclear physics for over 40 years2,3. The internal generation of typic...

    J. N. Wilson, D. Thisse, M. Lebois, N. Jovančević, D. Gjestvang, R. Canavan in Nature (2021)