Physics - Predicting the Limits of Atomic Nuclei
Predicting the Limits of Atomic Nuclei January 12, 2021• Physics 14, s4 First-principles calculations predict the properties of nearly 700 isotopes between helium and iron, showing which nuclides can exist and which cannot. koya979/adobe.stock.com × Among the vast number of possible nuclear isotopes, very few are stable. Stray above a certain mass number—by adding neutrons to an element in the Periodic Table—and eventually the corresponding nucleus can’t exist because it leaks nucleons. The neutron “dripline” that defines this limit of existence has been discovered experim...
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