Current Status and Future Potential of Nuclide Discoveries

Abstract

Presently about 3000 different nuclei are known with about another 3000-4000 predicted to exist. A review of the discovery of the nuclei, the present status and the possibilities for future discoveries are presented.

This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article published in Rep. Prog. Phys. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at doi:10.1088/0034-4885/76/5/056301

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