Nuclear masses and the number of valence nucleons

An improved version of the liquid drop model is presented. The addition of two terms, linear and quadratic in the total number of valence nucleons (particles or holes), improves the description of atomic masses, which can be fitted with an r.m.s. error of 1.2 MeV. Predictions are analysed an compare...

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Autores: Mendoza-Temis, J, Frank, A, Hirsch, JG, Vieyra, JCL, Morales, I, Barea, J, Van Isacker, P, Velázquez Aguilar, VM
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/1007
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/1007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Physics, Nuclear
mass formula
binding energy
valence nucleons
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Sumario:An improved version of the liquid drop model is presented. The addition of two terms, linear and quadratic in the total number of valence nucleons (particles or holes), improves the description of atomic masses, which can be fitted with an r.m.s. error of 1.2 MeV. Predictions are analysed an compared with those of established models. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.