Simulated electron localization function of oganesson, the heaviest discovered element. Nonrelativistic calculation (left) shows pronounced electronic shell structure, Dirac-Hartree-Fock calculation (right) shows significant smearing. Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion and for a Viewpoint in Physics.

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Electron and Nucleon Localization Functions of Oganesson: Approaching the Thomas-Fermi Limit
Paul Jerabek, Bastian Schuetrumpf, Peter Schwerdtfeger, and Witold Nazarewicz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 053001 (2018)

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