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The limits of the nuclear landscape

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  • Jochen Erler

    (University of Tennessee
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Noah Birge

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Markus Kortelainen

    (University of Tennessee
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    PO Box 35 (YFL), University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland)

  • Witold Nazarewicz

    (University of Tennessee
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, PL-00681 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Erik Olsen

    (University of Tennessee
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

  • Alexander M. Perhac

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Mario Stoitsov

    (University of Tennessee
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Abstract

Nuclear density functional theory is used to calculate the uncertainty in the positions of the neutron and proton ‘drip lines’, and to estimate that there are around 7,000 bound nuclides containing between 2 and 120 protons.

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  • Jochen Erler & Noah Birge & Markus Kortelainen & Witold Nazarewicz & Erik Olsen & Alexander M. Perhac & Mario Stoitsov, 2012. "The limits of the nuclear landscape," Nature, Nature, vol. 486(7404), pages 509-512, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7404:d:10.1038_nature11188
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11188
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    1. Ante Ravlić & Esra Yüksel & Tamara Nikšić & Nils Paar, 2023. "Expanding the limits of nuclear stability at finite temperature," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.

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