Testing the doubly magic character of tin-132
The shell model of nuclear structure predicts that nuclei with certain magic numbers of protons or neutrons will be more rigidly spherical and stable than their neighbors. The magic numbers - 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126 - are somewhat reminiscent of the atomic numbers of the noble gases, as well they should be. Just as completed shells of single-electron states convey extraordinary chemical stability, completed shells of single-neutron or single-proton states in the mean-field potential of all the other nucleons do much the same for nuclei.
- OSTI ID:
- 22038503
- Journal Information:
- Physics Today, Journal Name: Physics Today Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 63; ISSN 0031-9228; ISSN PHTOAD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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