A beachhead on the island of stability

Oganessian, Yuri Ts.; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P.

doi:10.1063/PT.3.2880

A beachhead on the island of stability

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physics Today

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2880· OSTI ID:1337838

Oganessian, Yuri Ts. ^[1]; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P. ^[2]

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Remember learning the periodic table of elements in high school? Our chemistry teachers explained that the chemical properties of elements come from the electronic shell structure of atoms. Furthermore, our physics teachers enriched that picture of the atomic world by introducing us to isotopes and the Segrè chart of nuclides, which arranges them by proton number Z and neutron number N.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1337838

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Journal Information:: Physics Today, Journal Name: Physics Today Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 68; ISSN 0031-9228

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