Neutron Pairing Energy of Finite Nuclei - Open Access Library Journal

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Neutron Pairing Energy of Finite Nuclei ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105669 207 Downloads 2,630 Views

Author(s)

Masinde Wekesa Fred

Affiliation(s)

Department of Physical Sciences South Eastern Kenya, Kitui, Kenya.

ABSTRACT

Neutron pairing energies of some of the finite nuclei have been calculated to understand how the neutron pairing changes as the neutron and proton numbers change from odd to even values in isotopes. How its value changes for even (N) - even (Z), even (N) - odd (Z), odd (N) - even (Z) and odd (N) - odd (Z) nuclei has been brought out. The values of pairing energies have been calculated for light nuclei (20 ≤ A ≤ 55), medium nuclei (100 ≤ A ≤ 140) and heavy nuclei (190 ≤ A ≤ 238) and found to lie between: -16 ≤ Pn ≤ 14 MeV, -6 ≤ Pn ≤ 6 MeV and -5 ≤ Pn ≤ 5 MeV respectively. Positive pairing energies only occurred in odd (N) - even (Z) nuclei and this indicated the most stable isotopic nuclei.

KEYWORDS

Neutron Pairing

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Fred, M. (2019) Neutron Pairing Energy of Finite Nuclei. Open Access Library Journal, 6, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1105669.

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