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		<title>Odd-Even Staggering of Nuclear Masses: Pairing or Shape Effect?, W. Satula et al.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nice and not-too-old paper on the staggering of nuclear masses as a function of mass number.  A review style article on the topic was released later by the same authors.

Abstract:
&#8220;The odd-even staggering of nuclear masses was recognized in the early days of nuclear physics. Recently, a similar effect was discovered in other finite fermion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2009/09/22/oddeven-staggering-nuclear-masses-pairing-shape-effect-satula-al/</link>
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		<title>Book suggestion: A Course of Pure Mathematics, G. H. Hardy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There likely cannot be enough praise for this book. Considered to offer the first rigorous treatment of mathematics from an English mathematician, Hardy&#8217;s book is both uniquely written and insightful in its proofs.  The book deals with general topics of analysis and calculus.  While intended as a first course for new university students, Hardy&#8217;s unique [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2009/08/15/book-suggestion-pure-mathematics-hardy/</link>
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		<title>Self-consistent Hartree–Fock mass formulae: a review, J. R. Stone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A wonderful review of the current state of mean-field nuclear mass calculations (as of 2005).  Stone&#8217;s treatment of the material is detailed, but accessible.  It provides both a good introduction to the field as well as a meaningful review pinpointing both the successes and short-comings of several trends.  A strong context of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2009/04/19/selfconsistent-hartreefock-mass-formulae-review-stone/</link>
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		<title>Pseudospin as a Relativistic Symmetry, J. Ginocchio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An older PRL, but certainly worth a read.  Ginocchio shows the underlying symmetry for a phenomenon thought to be a coincidence.  The relationship he finds between spatial amplitudes of pseudospin degenerate wavefunction doublet components (discussed in detail in other papers) is elegant.  A significant result is employing this symmetry can removed the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2009/02/27/pseudospin-relativistic-symmetry-ginocchio/</link>
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		<title>Chiral three-nucleon interaction and the carbon-14 dating beta decay, Holt et al.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of the work published in PRL in 2007 (see below), pulled from last month&#8217;s arXiv listing.  In this publication the authors include 3-body effects, and it&#8217;s presentation is far more in-depth than was available in the group&#8217;s previous PRL.

Abstract:
&#8220;We present a shell model calculation for the beta decay of 14-C to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2009/02/22/chiral-threenucleon-interaction-carbon14-dating-beta-decay/</link>
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		<title>Shell model description of the 14C dating beta decay with Brown-Rho-scaled NN interactions, Holt et al.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an older PRL editor&#8217;s pick from Oct. 2007.  It is of particular interest that the mean-life of 14C is unexpectedly long for its initial and final state (J,T) values.  Are there external interactions that could further affect the transition matrix?

Abstract:
&#8220;We present shell model calculations for the beta-decay of the 14C ground state to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2008/07/04/shell-model-description-14c-dating-beta-decay-brownrhoscaled-nn-interactions/</link>
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		<title>Suggested readings in nuclear theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the home page it is my intent to post a paper of particular interest in the field of nuclear theory (or closely related) from time to time.  The papers will mostly be selected from recent pre-releases, as posted to the Archives, or PRL editor picks.  When applicable, notes may be included.
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		<link>http://theorist.bitfreedom.com/2008/06/30/suggeted-readings-nuclear-theory/</link>
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