K‐Mesic Atoms Indicate A Nuclear Neutron Skin
OCT 01, 1969
DOI: 10.1063/1.3035194
A thin skin of neutrons apparently surrounds the nucleus, according to measurements with K‐mesic atoms by Clyde E. Wiegand of Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley (Phys. Rev. Lett. 25, 1235, 1969). Such atoms offer a new tool for determining the extent of the nuclear wave function.
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