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Further shell closures beyond the main island of stability in the vicinity of Z = 112–114 may give rise to additional islands of stability. Although predictions for the location of the next magic numbers vary considerably, two significant islands are thought to exist around heavier doubly magic nuclei; the first near 354 126 (with 228 ...
I have updated the proton numbers along the Z axis to address the issue brought forth on the talk page. See the issue here: w:Talk:Island of stability #The diagram in the beginning of the article has wrong numbers in the Z(proton number) axis: 17:07, 23 June 2012: 842 × 431 (1.93 MB) InvaderXan
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The above discussion of the stability of periodic points can be easily understood by drawing a graph, just like the fixed points. In this diagram, the horizontal axis is xn and the vertical axis is +, and a curve is drawn that shows the relationship between + and . The intersections of this curve and the 45° line are points that satisfy ...
The elliptical region encloses the predicted location of the island of stability. [54] Orbitals with high azimuthal quantum number are raised in energy, eliminating what would otherwise be a gap in orbital energy corresponding to a closed proton shell at element 114, as shown in the left diagram which does not take this effect into account ...
Other islands of stability beyond the known elements may also be possible, including one theorised around element 164, though the extent of stabilizing effects from closed nuclear shells is uncertain. It is not clear how many elements beyond the expected island of stability are physically possible, whether period 8 is complete, or if there is a ...
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A graph of isotope stability, with some of the magic numbers. In nuclear physics, a magic number is a number of nucleons (either protons or neutrons, separately) such that they are arranged into complete shells within the atomic nucleus. As a result, atomic nuclei with a "magic" number of protons or neutrons are much more stable than other nuclei.