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island of stability: a standalone construct

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Nuclear physics

predicted region of superheavy nuclei near closed proton and neutron shells where shell effects give much longer lifetimes than neighbouring nuclei.

In nuclear physics, island of stability refers to predicted region of superheavy nuclei near closed proton and neutron shells where shell effects give much longer lifetimes than neighbouring nuclei. This meaning comes from Myers (1966) in Nuclear Physics.[1]

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closed3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs shell2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs stability4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Myers, W. D., & Swiatecki, W. J. (1966). Nuclear masses and deformations. Nuclear Physics, 81(1), 1-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-5582(66)90639-0

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