Shell effects in nuclei near the neutron-drip line

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 behavior is in accord with the predictions of nuclear masses in the finite-range droplet model including shell corrections. 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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