Nature(London) 587, 66 (2020)

N.Tsunoda, T.Otsuka, K.Takayanagi, N.Shimizu, T.Suzuki, Y.Utsuno, S.Yoshida, H.Ueno

The impact of nuclear shape on the emergence of the neutron dripline

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE ^{22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36}Ne, ^{24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42}Mg, ^{23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37}Na, ^{19,21,23,25,27,29}F; analyzed available data; calculated 2⁺ and 4⁺ energies using configuration interaction, ground-state energies, dripline, magic numbers, J, π and energy levels using nucleon-nucleon interactions, nuclear shapes. Comparison with ENSDF library, available data; deduced mechanism for the formation of the neutron dripline.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2848-x