The Pairing Effect in Nuclei and Isomerism
Phys. Rev. 91, 1487 – Published 15 September, 1953
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.91.1487
Abstract
Previous workers have shown from an analysis of the energetics of alpha and beta decay that the pairing energy of protons is greater than that of neutrons. It is here postulated that this effect is responsible for the absence of odd-proton isomers for .