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Neutron is a charge-neutral particle discovered in 1932 by James Chadwick, who won the Nobel prize in physics for this discovery in 1935.

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Lu, X. (2017). Neutron Scattering . In: Phase Diagram and Magnetic Excitations of BaFe2-xNixAs2: A Neutron Scattering Study. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4998-9_3

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