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A recent experiment has provided tantalizing evidence in favour of the elusive 'giant pairing vibration' — an exotic excitation of the atomic nucleus.

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Figure 1: Excited states of atomic nuclei.

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Piekarewicz, J. Two more or less. Nature Phys 11, 303–304 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3299

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