Possible Unified Interpretation of Heavy Nuclei

Abstract

The data for five mass regions from $A=100\ensuremath{-}200$ are plotted against the valence-nucleon product ${N}_{p}{N}_{n}$. They are found to display a remarkable similarity, heretofore unrecognized, which suggests a unified interpretation in terms of the strength of the proton-neutron interaction and which also leads to a better understanding of the $A=190$ region.