THE BINDING ENERGY OF HELIUM NUCLEUS

Journal Article · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1959 · Sci. Record (China)

OSTI ID:4238509

Wang, M H; Tsao, H L

The present calculation on the binding energy of the He/sup 4/ nucleus is a part of the work in attempting to solve the consistency'' problem of light nuclei. The variational method is used. The trial wave function contains fourteen terms and fifteen variable parameters. These terms are mutually independent and form a complete set of S-, P-, and D-waves up to the fourth order of approximation. Phenomenological two-body interaction with central and tensor forces is assumed. Four sets of potential parameters, namely, one set of FeshbachSchwinger, the first set of Pease-Feshbach, the second set of Pease- Feshbach, and the set of Hu-Hsu, are used in turn. The results of the calculations are the theoretical value of the binding energy of the He/sup 4/ nucleus from the first two sets of potential parameters mentioned above is larger than the observed value, that from the second set of Pease-Feshbach is 26.4 Mev and that from the set of Ho-Hsu is 10.3 Mev. These results show that up to the 4th order of approximation there exists a two-body interaction with central and tensor forces and with the potential parameters near to those given by the second set of Pease-Feshbach capable of solving the consistency'' problem of the light nuclei. (auth)

• Research Organization: Chekiang Univ., China
• NSA Number: NSA-13-020555
• OSTI ID: 4238509
• Journal Information: Sci. Record (China), Journal Name: Sci. Record (China) Vol. Vol: 3
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

BINDING ENERGY
HELIUM 4
MATHEMATICS
NUCLEAR THEORY
NUCLEI
NUMERICALS
PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
VARIATIONS