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The Z=82 shell closure in neutron-deficient Pb isotopes

M. Bender, T. Cornelius, G. A. Lalazissis, J. A. Maruhn, W. Nazarewicz, P. -G. Reinhard

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/0110057

Abstract

Recent mass measurements show a substantial weakening of the binding energy difference delta2p (Z,N) = E(Z-2,N) - 2 E(Z,N) + E(Z+2,N) in the neutron-deficient Pb isotopes. As delta2p is often attributed to the size of the proton magic gap, it might be speculated that the reduction in delta2p is related to a weakening of the spherical Z=82 shell. We demonstrate that the observed trend is described quantitatively by self-consistent mean-field models in terms of deformed ground states of Hg and Po isotopes.

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