Studies of pear-shaped nuclei using accelerated radioactive beams

Nature

Volumn 497, Issue 7448, 2013, Pages 199-204

  Gaffney, L P ^a   Butler, P A ^a   Scheck, M ^a,b   Hayes, A B ^c   Wenander, F ^d   Albers, M ^e   Bastin, B ^f   Bauer, C ^b   Blazhev, A ^e   Bonig S ^b   Bree, N ^g   Cederkall J ^h   Chupp, T ⁱ   Cline, D ^c   Cocolios, T E ^d   Davinson, T ^j   De Witte, H ^g   Diriken, J ^g,k   Grahn, T ^l   Herzan, A ^l   Huyse, M ^g   Jenkins, D G ^m   Joss, D T ^a   Kesteloot, N ^g,k   Konki, J ^l   Kowalczyk, M ⁿ   Kröll, Th ^b   Kwan, E ^o   Lutter, R ^p   Moschner, K ^e   Napiorkowski, P ⁿ   Pakarinen, J ^d,l   Pfeiffer, M ^e   Radeck, D ^e   Reiter, P ^e   Reynders, K ^g   Rigby, S V ^a   Robledo, L M ^q   Rudigier, M ^e   Sambi, S ^g   Seidlitz, M ^e   Siebeck, B ^e   Stora, T ^d   Thoele, P ^e   Van Duppen, P ^g   Vermeulen, M J ^m   Von Schmid, M ^b   Voulot, D ^d   Warr, N ^e   Wimmer, K ^r   Wrzosek Lipska, K ^g,n   Wu, C Y ^o   Zielinska, M ^n,s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f GANIL   (France)

^g KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^o LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^r TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^s CEA SACLAY   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 224; RADON 220;

ION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; RADON ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DIPOLE; ELECTRON BEAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR SHAPE; NUCLEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84877731669     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12073     Document Type: Article

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