Sentences with phrase «nuclear magic numbers»

«Enriching our knowledge of the structures of highly unstable nuclei and the nucleon - nucleon forces that drive nuclear shell evolution and the appearance or disappearance of the nuclear magic numbers in radioactive nuclei plays an important role in understanding astrophysical processes such as nucleosynthesis in stars,» he adds.

A team of researchers from RIKEN, the University of Tokyo and other institutions in Japan and Italy has provided evidence for a new nuclear magic number in the unstable, radioactive calcium isotope 54Ca.

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Studies of cargo cults, messianic movements, and Third World millenarianism, including widely read classics such as Peter Worsley's The Trumpet Shall Sound and Bryan Wilson's Magic and the Millennium, have paid close attention to the effects of international relations on domestic religious developments.2 In increasing numbers, books have appeared on the religious situation in strategic parts of the globe, such as the Middle East and Latin America, and with growing frequency articles on American religion refer to issues such as global consciousness, nuclear disarmament, and the effects of U.S. involvement in foreign affairs.

«Chemistry: Evidence for a new nuclear «magic number».»

By conducting a more detailed comparison to nuclear theory the researchers were able to show that the N = 34 magic number is equally as significant as some other nuclear shell gaps.

The numbers 20 and 28 are what nuclear physicists call «magic numbers,» and nuclei with this many protons or neutrons get an extra measure of stability.

The concept of magic numbers is derived from the shell model of the atom nucleus, explains Bertram Blank of the Center for Nuclear Studies in Bordeaux, the spokesperson of the international collaboration.