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Nature , 922-924 (16 June 2005) | doi:10.1038/nature03619;

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|[lsquo]|Magic|[rsquo]| nucleus 42Si

Nuclear shell structures—the distribution of the quantum states of individual protons and neutrons—provide one of our most important guides for understanding the stability of atomic nuclei. Nuclei with |[lsquo]|magic numbers|[rsquo]| of protons and/or neutrons (corresponding to closed shells of strongly bound nucleons) are particularly stable.

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