Shell model spectroscopy far from stability *This article belongs to the Focus on Exotic Beams at ISOLDE: A Laboratory Portrait special issue. (29th June 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Poves, A
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 44:Number 8(2017:Aug.)
• Publication Date: 2017-06-29
• Subjects: nuclear structure -- shell model calculations -- neutron rich nuclei -- new magic numbers -- islands of inversion; Nuclear physics -- Periodicals; Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Periodicals; Physique nucléaire -- Périodiques; Particules (Physique nucléaire) -- Périodiques; Kernfysica; Elementaire deeltjes; 539.7
• DOI: 10.1088/1361-6471/aa7789
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-3899

Abstract

Abstract: I will discuss the impact of the research on exotic nuclei carried out at ISOLDE and later on, following its impulse, in many laboratories worldwide, in our present knowledge of the nuclear dynamics. I will put particular emphasis on the occurrence of islands of inversion (IoI) at several magic numbers for the neutrons, far from stability. I will also discuss the appearance of new local shell closures in the calcium and silicon isotopic chains, and qualify their status as new doubly magic nuclei.