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Masses of atomic nuclei far from stability

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It is shown that a new way of applying a set of nuclear-mass relations among neighbouring nuclei, known as the Garvey–Kelson (GK) relations, holds exceptionally well for all currently measured masses. It is then demonstrated that these relationships are not adequately fulfilled for the best-known procedures to predict unknown masses. This suggests that these models may be optimized by constraining them to satisfy the (generalized) GK equations.

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  1. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-543, 04510 México, D.F., Mexico

    J. Barea, A. Frank & J. G. Hirsch

  2. Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP. 55027, 14076, Caen Cedex 5, France

    P. Van Isacker

  3. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-542, 04510 México, D.F., Mexico

    V. Velázquez

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Barea, J., Frank, A., Hirsch, J. et al. Masses of atomic nuclei far from stability. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 150, 189–192 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00301-x

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