It is difficult to match theoretically calculated masses of atomic nuclei to their experimentally measured values. It seems that chaotic motion inside the nucleus may be the reason for this discrepancy.
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Åberg, S. Weighing up nuclear masses. Nature 417, 499–501 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417499a
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