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Borromean nucleus

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A Borromean nucleus is an atomic nucleus that has a nuclear halo containing two neutrons. Such a nucleus breaks into three components and never two when disrupted, in analogy to Borromean rings. One example is the nucleus of carbon-22 22C.

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