Neutron Pairing Energy of Finite Nuclei

Masinde, Fred W.

dc.contributor.author	Masinde, Fred W.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-02-20T09:38:19Z
dc.date.available	2020-02-20T09:38:19Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-27
dc.identifier.citation	Open Access Library Journal, Vol.6 No.8, August 2019	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	Online: 2333-9721
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 2333-9705
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.scirp.org/pdf/OALibJ_2019082710434137.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5908
dc.description	DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1105669	en_US
dc.description.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 ( Pn ) 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	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	Neutron Pairing	en_US
dc.title	Neutron Pairing Energy of Finite Nuclei	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US