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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