List of top Nuclear and Particle Physics Questions on Nuclei

Binding energy and rest mass energy of a two-nucleon bound state are denoted by \( B \) and \( mc^2 \), respectively, where \( c \) is the speed of light. The minimum energy of a photon required to dissociate the bound state is _______.

According to the nuclear shell model, the absolute value of the difference in magnetic moments of \({^{15}_{8}O}\) and \({^{15}_{7}N}\), in the units of nuclear magneton (\(\mu\)), is \(\frac{a}{3}\). The magnitude of \(a\) is (in integer).

Let P, Q and R be three different nuclei. Which one of the following nuclear processes is possible?