How atomic nuclei cluster

Nature

Volumn 487, Issue 7407, 2012, Pages 341-344

  Ebran, J P ^a   Khan, E ^b   Niksic T ^c   Vretenar, D ^c  

^a CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; NEON; NEON 20; NICKEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BERYLLIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLE; NICKEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BINDING KINETICS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; LIQUID; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84863933230     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11246     Document Type: Article

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