Garvey-Kelson mass relations
Garvey-Kelson mass relations
[′gär·vē ′kel·sən ′mas ri′lā·shənz] (nuclear physics)
A set of equations relating the masses of atomic nuclei with slightly different numbers of neutrons and protons.
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