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The Nuclear Pairing Gap -- How Low Can It Go?

Nuclear Theory 2014-11-26 v1

Abstract

The pairing gap for 53^{53}Ca obtained from new experimental data on the masses of 5254^{52-54}Ca has the smallest value yet observed. This is explained in the framework of the nuclear shell model with schematic and realistic Hamiltonians as being due to shell gaps around the low-j j orbital 1p1/2 1p_{1/2} . Minima in the pairing gaps for all nuclei are shown and discussed

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@article{arxiv.1308.3666,
  title  = {The Nuclear Pairing Gap -- How Low Can It Go?},
  author = {B. Alex Brown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.3666},
  year   = {2014}
}

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5 pages, 9 figures

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