Exploring the isotopes
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)
The explosion in computer technology has led to a revolution in the way nuclear structure and decay data is being disseminated. For nearly sixty years the Table of Isotopes and later the Nuclear Data Sheets were primary sources of information for nuclear researchers. In 1996, the 8th edition of the Table of Isotopes (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.) was published. This two-volume, 3100 page book signaled the end of the era of publishing nuclear data comprehensively on paper. The CD-ROM version that comes with the 8th edition provides the same information spread over 14,000 {open_quotes}pages{close_quotes} for better readability on the computer screen. With Adobe Acrobat technology to view the data, over 100,000 hypertext links to navigate through it, and nearly unlimited expansion possibilities, the CD-ROM becomes the format of choice for {open_quotes}hard copy{close_quotes} publishing of nuclear data. Even a CD-ROM cannot be updated continuously to provide the most current data. We are therefore developing an Internet version of the Table of Isotopes (http://isotopes lbl.gov/isotopes/toi.html) to supplement the CD-ROM. The website provides home pages focusing on nuclear structure data, radioactive decay data, nuclear astrophysics data, capture gamma data, and atomic masses. The nuclear structure (ENSDF) and reference (NSR) databases are available on both the CD-ROM and Internet. We have developed the Isotopes Explorer application (previously known as VuENSDF) to view these databases and display level schemes, tables, plots, references, and nuclear charts. The databases can be searched and derived quantities can be calculated. The Isotopes Explorer is a 32-bit Windows application that can download information directly from the CD-ROM, Internet, or user generated files. Information about the Isotopes Explorer can be found at http://isotopes.lbl.gov/isotopes/vuensdf.html.
- OSTI ID:
- 560273
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970443-; TRN: 97:005895-0229
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 213. national meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA (United States), 13-17 Apr 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 213th ACS national meeting; PB: 2904 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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