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A018226 Magic numbers of nucleons: nuclei with one of these numbers of either protons or neutrons are more stable against nuclear decay.

2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126

Offset: 1

John Raithel (raithel(AT)rahul.net)

In the shell model for the nucleus, magic numbers are the numbers of either protons or neutrons at which a shell is filled.
First seven positive terms of A162626. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 07 2009
Steppenbeck: "The results of the experiment indicate that 54Ca's first excited state lies at a relatively high energy, which is characteristic of a large nuclear shell gap, thus indicating that N = 34 in 54Ca is a new magic number, as predicted theoretically by the University of Tokyo group in 2001. By conducting a more detailed comparison to nuclear theory the researchers were able to show that the N = 34 magic number is equally as significant as some other nuclear shell gaps."

Dictionary of Science (Simon and Schuster), see the entry for "Magic number".

S. Bjornholm, Clusters, condensed matter in embryonic form, Contemp. Phys. 31 1990 pp. 309-324 (p. 312).
Encyclopedia Britannica, magic number
J. Fridmann et al., 'Magic' nucleus 42-Si, Nature, 435 (2005), 922-924 and 897-898.
J. Glanz, Uut and Uup Add Their Atomic Mass to Periodic Table, New York Times, Feb 01, 2003, pages 1 and 26.
R. V. F. Janssens, Unexpected doubly magic nucleus, Nature, 459 (Jun 25 2009), 1069-1070. [_Added by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 05 2009]
Radoslav Jovanovic, Magic Numbers and the Pascal Triangle
Lutvo Kuric, Digital nuclear shell model, International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, 13(2) (2014) 160-173; ISSN 2299-3843.
V. Ladma, Magic Numbers
NAPC Isotope Hydrology Section, Chapter 2, Atomic Systematics and Nuclear Structure [Broken link?]
R. Nave, Shell Model of Nucleus
R. Nave, Enhanced Abundance of Magic Number Nuclei
Rachele Nerattini, Johann S. Brauchart, and Michael K.-H. Kiessling, Magic numbers in Smale's 7th problem, arXiv:1307.2834v1 [math-ph], July 10, 2013.
Phys.org, Evidence for a new nuclear 'magic number', Oct 9, 2013.
D. Steppenbeck et al., Evidence for a new nuclear 'magic number' from the level structure of 54Ca, Nature, 2013 DOI: 10.1038/nature12522.
D. Warner, Not-so-magic numbers, Nature, 430 (Jul 29 2004), 517-519.
D. Weise, The Pythagorean Approach to Problems of Periodicity in Chemistry and Nuclear Physics
Wikipedia, Magic number (physics)

Cf. A018227 Number of electrons (which equals number of protons) such that they are arranged into complete shells within the atom.

Cf. A033547, A110856, A130598, A162626, A046939, A046940.

If 1 <= n <= 3 then a(n)=n*(n+1)*(n+2)/3, else if 4 <= n <= 7 then a(n)=n(n^2+5)/3. - Omar E. Pol, Jul 07 2009 [This needs to be clarified. - Joerg Arndt, May 03 2011]
From Daniel Forgues, May 03 2011: (Start)
If 1 <= n <= 3 then a(n) = 2 T_n, else
if 4 <= n <= 7 then a(n) = 2 (T_n - t_{n-1}),
where T_n is the n-th tetrahedral number, t_n the n-th triangular number.
G.f.: (2*x*(1 - 6*x^3 + 14*x^4 - 11*x^5 + 3*x^6))/(1 - x)^4, 1 <= n <= 7.
Using those formulas for n >= 0 gives A162626. (End)
a(n) = n*(n^2+5)/3 + (4*n-6)*A171386(n). - Omar E. Pol, Aug 14 2013

A162630 Triangle read by rows in which row n lists the number of states of the subshells of the n-th shell of the nuclear shell model ordered by energy level in increasing order.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 8, 4, 2, 6, 10, 6, 2, 4, 8, 12, 8, 4, 2, 6, 10, 14, 10, 6, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 12, 8, 4, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 14, 10, 6, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 18, 14, 10, 6, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, 2

Offset: 1

Omar E. Pol, Jul 10 2009

The list of the spin-orbit coupling of this version of the nuclear shell model starts: 1s_(1/2), 1p_(3/2), 1p_(1/2), 1d_(5/2), 2s_(1/2), 1d_(3/2), 1f_(7/2), 2p_(3/2), 2p_(1/2), etc. The numerators of the fractions are 1, 3, 1, 5, 1, 3, 7, 3, 1, ... then we add 1 to every numerator, so we have this sequence: 2, 4, 2, 6, 2, 4, 8, 4, 2, ... Other sequences that arise from this sequence are A A130517, A210983, A210984. - Omar E. Pol, Sep 02 2012

			A geometric shell model of the atomic nucleus:
   +---------------------- i ----------------------+
   |   +------------------ h ------------------+   |
   |   |   +-------------- g --------------+   |   |
   |   |   |   +---------- f ----------+   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   +------ d ------+   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |   +-- p --+   |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |   |   s   |   |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |   |       |   |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |       2       |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |       4       2       |   |   |   |
   |   |   |       6       2       4       |   |   |
   |   |       8       4       2       6       |   |
   |      10       6       2       4       8       |
      12       8       4       2       6      10
  14      10       6       2       4       8      12
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |   |   +1/2+   |   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   |   +--- 3/2 ---+   |   |   |   |
   |   |   |   |   +------- 5/2 -------+   |   |   |
   |   |   |   +----------- 7/2 -----------+   |   |
   |   |   +--------------- 9/2 ---------------+   |
   |   +------------------ 11/2 -------------------+
   +---------------------- 13/2 -----------------------

Boris Putievskiy, Transformations [of] Integer Sequences And Pairing Functions, 2012, arXiv:1212.2732 [math.CO], 2012.

Cf. A018226, A130517, A130556, A130598, A130602, A162626.

Other versions are A212012, A212122, A213362, A213372

t[n_, 1] := n; t[n_, n_] := n-1;
t[n_, k_] := Abs[2k - n - If[2k <= n+1, 2, 1]];
2 Table[t[n, k], {n, 1, 12}, {k, 1, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 17 2018 *)

a(n) = 2*A130517(n).
From Boris Putievskiy, Jan 16 2013: (Start)
a(n) = 2*(|2*A000027(n) - A003056(n)^2 - 2*A003056(n) - 3| + floor((2*A000027(n) - A003056(n)^2 - A003056(n))/(A003056(n) + 3))).
a(n) = 2*(|2*n - t*t - 2*t - 3| + floor((2*n - t*t - t)/(t+3))) where t = floor((-1 + sqrt(8*n-7))/2). (End)

Corrected by Omar E. Pol, Jul 13 2009
More terms from Omar E. Pol, Jul 14 2012
New name from Omar E. Pol, Sep 02 2012

A210842 Number of states in the n-th shell of the nuclear shell model.

Original entry on oeis.org

2, 6, 12, 8, 22, 32, 44, 58

Offset: 1

Omar E. Pol, Jun 04 2012

Partial sums of the first seven terms give the "magic numbers" A018226.

Also the partial sums of the first eight terms give the positive first eight terms of A162626 (and possibly more).

M. Goeppert Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen, Elementary Theory of Nuclear Shell Structure, J. Wiley and Sons, Inc. (1955).
I. Talmi, Simple Models of Complex Nuclei, Hardwood Academic Publishers (1993).

Row sums of triangle A212122.

Cf. A018226, A130517, A162522, A162626, A162630, A212121, A212123, A212124, A213361-A213364.

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A018226 Magic numbers of nucleons: nuclei with one of these numbers of either protons or neutrons are more stable against nuclear decay.

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A162630 Triangle read by rows in which row n lists the number of states of the subshells of the n-th shell of the nuclear shell model ordered by energy level in increasing order.

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