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Shell Effects in Nuclei Near Neutron Drip

M. M. Sharma, G. A. Lalazissis, W. Hillebrandt, P. Ring

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/9311033

Abstract

Shell effects in nuclei close to the neutron-drip lines have been investigated. It has been demonstrated in the relativistic mean-field theory that nuclei very far from stability manifest the shell effects strongly. This behaviour is in accord with the predictions of nuclear masses in the finite-range droplet model including shell corrections. As a consequence we find a large neutron halo in nuclei near the neutron-drip line. The shell effects predicted in the existing Skyrme mean-field theory in comparison are significantly weaker than those of the other approaches.

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