The limits of nuclear mass and charge
Abstract
Four new elements with atomic numbers Z = 113, 115, 117 and 118 have recently been added to the periodic table. The questions pertaining to these superheavy systems are at the forefront of research in nuclear and atomic physics, and chemistry. Here, this Perspective offers a high-level view of the field and outlines future challenges.
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- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1513818
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003885; NA0002847
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 14; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1745-2473
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
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title = {The limits of nuclear mass and charge},
author = {Nazarewicz, Witold},
abstractNote = {Four new elements with atomic numbers Z = 113, 115, 117 and 118 have recently been added to the periodic table. The questions pertaining to these superheavy systems are at the forefront of research in nuclear and atomic physics, and chemistry. Here, this Perspective offers a high-level view of the field and outlines future challenges.},
doi = {10.1038/s41567-018-0163-3},
journal = {Nature Physics},
number = 6,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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FIG. 1: Landscape of nucleon-bound nuclei as a function of Z and N (adopted from Ref.5). The stable isotopes are shown as black squares and those known experimentally are shown in green. Mean drip lines and their uncertainties (red) were obtained by averaging the results of different models based onmore »
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