Persistence of the $Z=28$ Shell Gap Around $^{78}\mathrm{Ni}$: First Spectroscopy of $^{79}\mathrm{Cu}$

Author(s): L. Olivier et al.

Two independent experiments on the isotope copper-79 confirm that its nuclear neighbor nickel-78 is indeed a doubly magic nucleus.

[Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 192501] Published Mon Nov 06, 2017