Unexpectedly large charge radii of neutron-rich calcium isotopes

Nature Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 594-598

  Garcia Ruiz, R F ^a   Bissell, M L ^a,b   Blaum, K ^c   Ekstrom A ^d,e   Frommgen N ^f   Hagen, G ^d   Hammen, M ^f   Hebeler, K ^g,h   Holt, J D ⁱ   Jansen, G R ^d,e   Kowalska, M ^j   Kreim, K ^c   Nazarewicz, W ^d,k,l   Neugart, R ^c,f   Neyens, G ^a   Nortershauser W ^f,g   Papenbrock, T ^d,e   Papuga, J ^a   Schwenk, A ^c,g,h   Simonis, J ^g,h   Wendt, K A ^d,e   Yordanov, D T ^c,m   more..

^a KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

ⁱ TRIUMF   (Canada)

^j CERN   (Switzerland)

^k MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^m CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRONS;

CALCIUM ISOTOPES; INTRIGUING QUESTIONS; MANY-BODY SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NUCLEAR THEORY; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; STATE OF THE ART; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 84957665715     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3645     Document Type: Article

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