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In the collision of two particles different processes may take place. A typical nuclear reaction may be written as
where X represents the target nucleus ‘a’ the projectile, while Y is the residual nucleus (unobserved) and b is the particle observed. For brevity this reaction may be written, X(a,b)y. Isotopes are indicated by the use of their mass number as a superscript on the left of the chemical symbol. Special symbols are used to designate elementary particles, and some of the light nuclei; for example, e for electron, p for proton, n for neutron, d or 2H for deuteron, t or 3H for triton, ∝ or 4He for alpha particle, γ for photon or gamma ray, π for pion, μ for muon etc. Sometimes, b or y may be produced in an excited state. This is indicated by the use of an asterisk, Y ∗ etc.
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Kamal, A. (2014). Nuclear Reactions. In: Nuclear Physics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38655-8_7
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