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Figure 14: Nuclear shells. The spectroscopic designation includes the quantum number j, which is a half integer. The degeneracy of the shells and the cumulative number of particles contained are listed on the right. Especially stable nuclei are found at the magic numbers, shown in circles.

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Figure 14: Nuclear shells. The spectroscopic designation includes the quantum number j, which is a half integer. The degeneracy of the shells and the cumulative number of particles contained are listed on the right. Especially stable nuclei are found at the magic numbers, shown in circles.

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