Abstract:
The chart of the nuclides is one of the fundamental tools in nuclear science and technology. In this paper, we present a new two-dimensional chart of the nuclides, which displays up-to-date ground state nuclear properties such as isotopic abundances of stable nuclei, decay modes, half-life of radioactive nuclei, atomic mass error, and other experimental information extracted from the latest atomic mass evaluation AME2020 and NUBASE2020 evaluation of nuclear physics properties. We review the current status and trends in the visualization of nuclear charts, taking the Karlsruher Nuklidkarte as an example. We discuss the brief history and future perspectives of isotope discovery and nuclear chart publication, followed by the design details of our new chart of the nuclides. Additionally, we recommend free and open-source nuclear chart plotting software/websites. Our newly designed chart of the nuclides will be available in printed versions, including a wall chart and an A4-size folded chart for desktop usage. We plan to update the printed charts synchronously with the AME and NUBASE publications. This will ensure that the charts serve as a regular medium for the concise presentation of the NUBASE database.