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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)· 2026· Preprint

Two Paths to Iron: The Turning Point in Fusion and Fission

Nicholas Archer Sanders

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This paper proposes that nuclear fusion and fission are unified by Euler's identity, describing two paths that lead to iron as a binding energy maximum. This maximum acts as a universal 'floor' across different physical scales, from atomic nuclei to black holes.

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