# Empirical information on nuclear matter fourth-order symmetry energy from an extended nuclear mass formula

@article{Wang2017EmpiricalIO,
title={Empirical information on nuclear matter fourth-order symmetry energy from an extended nuclear mass formula},
author={Rui Wang and Lie-Wen Chen},
journal={Physics Letters B},
year={2017},
volume={773},
pages={62-67}
}
• Published 15 May 2017
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