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Letter: Naming neutrons

Published 1 October 2014

From John Fuhr

Ron Barnes asks what name might be given to a neutron separated from its spin (30 August, p 31). In the US, where odd baseball terms abound, a neutron without spin might be named a “knuckletron”, after the infamous non-spinning pitched ball that curves, dips, wobbles and floats unpredictably.
Downingtown, Pennsylvania, US

Issue no. 2989 published 4 October 2014

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