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Superheavy nuclei and hypernuclei: extending the limits of the nuclear chart

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Emergence of superheavy nuclei and hypernuclei, two fields of intense research in nuclear physics, has made a big impact on the nuclear chart; while the discovery of the superheavy oganesson has completed the seven full rows of the periodic table, discovery of several exotic hypernuclei have added a third dimension, called strangeness, to the existing nuclear chart. Highlights of some recent developments in these two fields are presented

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Samanta, C. Superheavy nuclei and hypernuclei: extending the limits of the nuclear chart. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 322, 205–211 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06677-5

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