Magic numbers in the neutron-rich oxygen isotopes

B. Alex Brown, W. A. Richter
2005 Physical Review C  
The predicted and experimental properties of the new doubly magic nuclei 22 O and 24 O are discussed. These together with previous observations lead to a new rule for magic numbers: if there is an oscillator magic number (2, 8, 20, or 40) for one kind of nucleon, then the other kind of nucleon has a magic number for the filling of every possible (n, l, j) value.
doi:10.1103/physrevc.72.057301 fatcat:p7wqys3clfhqzmszsfmauv3o4u