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## Objects of Desire How and where are the chemical elements created in the universe? Which nuclear reactions determine the evolution and destiny of stars? And what is the nature of the still obscure nuclear force? Such fundamental questions occupy nuclear physicists. The answers are mostly hidden in the properties of exotic nuclei, like their binding energy, half-life, or shape. Exotic nuclei are unstable and do not occur in our natural environment on Earth; therefore, we have to produce them artificially in the lab. This is what nuclear physicists have been doing for many decades. Meanwhile, we know of the existence of more than 3,000 different isotopes of 118 elements (Figure 1), with about 90% of them being man-made [1]. Each nuclide has its own individual combination of protons and neutrons and is governed by the sensitive interplay between the attractive nuclear force and the repulsive Coulomb force that determines its properties. Model predictions indicate that another 4,000 isotopes are still awaiting their discovery, with the vastest unexplored territory located on the neutron-rich side in the upper half of the nuclide chart. Most of the astrophysical rapid neutron capture

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Author

Gurgen Adamian; Nikolai Antonenko; Alexis Diaz-Torres; Sophia Heinz

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)