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Phys. Rev. C 77, 041304(R) (2008) [5 pages]

Garvey-Kelson relations and the new nuclear mass tables

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J. Barea1, A. Frank1, J. G. Hirsch1, P. Van Isacker2, S. Pittel3, and V. Velázquez4
1Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Postal 70-543, 04510 México, D.F. México
2Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, CEA/DSM-CNRS/IN2P3, BP 55027, F-14076 Caen Cedex 5, France
3Bartol Research Institute and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
4Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Postal 70-542, 04510 México, D.F. México

Received 10 July 2007; published 29 April 2008

We discuss the Garvey-Kelson mass relations in an extended formalism and show how they can be used to test and improve the consistency of the most commonly used mass formulas to achieve more accurate predictions.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.77.041304
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.77.041304
PACS:
21.10.Dr, 13.75.Cs, 21.30.-x, 21.60.-n