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Physicists wipe away complexity for a clearer view of heavy nuclei
03-14-2007 · EurekAlert!In a March 16 Physical Review Letters article, researchers from Michigan State and Central Michigan universities report dramatic success in slashing computational time associated with standard nuclear theory calculations from days or weeks to minutes or hours. Their work, which draws heavily on quantum chemistry, may help address one of the most important questions in nuclear physics today: what is the structure of heavy atomic nuclei?
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