Calcium 52 Image (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Calcium 52 Image

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The image above shows the chain of the studied calcium isotopes. The "doubly magic" isotopes with mass numbers 40 (Ca-40) and 48 (Ca-48) exhibit equal charge radii. The first measurement of the charge radius in Ca-52 yielded an unexpectedly large result.

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Image credit: COLLAPS Collaboration/Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz.

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