Nature(London) 569, 53 (2019)

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⁷⁸Ni revealed as a doubly magic stronghold against nuclear deformation

NUCLEAR REACTIONS ¹H(⁷⁹Cu, 2p), (^80Zn, 3p)⁷⁸Ni, E ∼ 250 MeV/nucleon; measured reaction products, Eγ, Iγ; deduced partial σ, energy levels, J, π, magic nature. Comparison with theoretical calculations.

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