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THE importance of the ‘magic’ neutron numbers 50 and 82 has been repeatedly stressed1. It has been suggested that these numbers of neutrons form shells of considerable stability, and that additional neutrons, if present, are more loosely bound. It seems possible that such a shell may persist as a definite structure at moderate excitation of the nucleus, the excitation energy being shared by the nucleons not contained in the closed shell.
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MEITNER, L. Fission and Nuclear Shell Model. Nature 165, 561 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165561a0
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