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TO THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Present view of stability of heavy and superheavy nuclei

A. Sobiczewski

Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies

Abstract: Recent theoretical studies of the stability of heavy and superheavy nuclei are shortly reviewed. Even-even nuclei with proton number Z=82—120 and neutron number N=126—190 are considered. The important role of the shell structure in nuclear stability was illustrated. Much attention is given to deformed superheavy nuclei, which are expected to be on the way to the long-discussed, hypothetical spherical superheavy nuclei.

PACS: 25.60.+v, 25.70.-z, 25.85.Ca, 27.90.+b

Received: August 1, 1996

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0166.199609c.0943

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1996, 39:9, 885–889

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