Shape coexistence and triaxiality in the superheavy nuclei

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 705-709

  Cwiok S ^a   Heenen, P H ^b   Nazarewicz, W ^c,d,e  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ISOMERS; PROTONS;

ENERGY DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NUCLEAR FORCE; NUCLEAR MASS; SUPERHEAVY NUCLEI;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

CHEMISTRY;

ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; FORCE; ISOMER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 14344253819     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03336     Document Type: Review

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